Senior DB & Data Platform Lead - AWS/Redshift (Remote)

Foley; New York (NY); Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

PTO and holidays

Wellness programs

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Foley is seeking a senior database leader to own reliability, performance, and security for our SQL Server and Redshift environments. This role drives AWS data warehouse operations and cost-efficient architecture while partnering with Product, Infrastructure, Engineering, and Analytics teams.

You will design HA/DR, implement automation, and leverage AI-enabled tools to reduce manual work and improve monitoring. Remote US-based role with EST hours and occasional in-office visits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing production database environments.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, including performance tuning, indexing, and HA/DR.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS data warehouse technologies, including Amazon Redshift.
• Proven experience managing database security, access controls, and permissions in regulated or security-conscious environments.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with Product, Infrastructure, Engineering, and leadership teams.
• Demonstrated AI fluency and curiosity, with experience using automation or AI-enabled tools to improve reliability, monitoring, or efficiency.
• Experience with additional AWS services (RDS, EC2, S3, IAM, monitoring/logging tools).
• Exposure to data engineering pipelines or analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own database reliability, performance, and availability.
• Lead administration, monitoring, tuning, and optimization of Microsoft SQL Server and Amazon Redshift environments.
• Design and maintain high availability, backup, and disaster recovery strategies that meet business SLAs.
• Lead data warehouse operations in AWS.
• Own database security across platforms, including user access, roles, permissions, encryption, and auditing.
• Partner with Infrastructure and Security teams to ensure compliance with internal standards and external requirements.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to data access, integrity, and availability.

Skills

Production databases

SQL Server

AWS Redshift

Database security

Cross-functional collaboration

AI fluency

Automation scripting

AWS services

Data pipelines

Tools

RDS

EC2

S3

IAM

Monitoring tools

Job description

Foley is seeking a senior database leader to own reliability, performance, and security for our SQL Server and Redshift environments. This role drives AWS data warehouse operations and cost-efficient architecture while partnering with Product, Infrastructure, Engineering, and Analytics teams.

You will design HA/DR, implement automation, and leverage AI-enabled tools to reduce manual work and improve monitoring. Remote US-based role with EST hours and occasional in-office visits.