Senior DBA Lead: Cloud, Performance and Mentoring

LexisNexis Legal & Professional group; Boca Raton (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in Boca Raton (FL) is seeking a senior Database Administrator to own the database strategy, design, and operations. You will mentor junior staff and collaborate with development teams to deliver scalable, reliable database solutions.

The role focuses on performance tuning, incident response, and researching emerging technologies. Experience across MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of DBA experience.
• Durable experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server).
• Proficiency with Terraform and GitHub; cloud experience (AWS/Azure).
• Strong design, maintenance, and performance tuning of database infrastructure.
• Ability to mentor junior staff and collaborate with development teams.

Responsibilities

• Resolve performance issues and root cause analysis.
• Communicate progress and issues clearly to stakeholders.
• Mentor junior DBA staff and onboard new team members.
• Lead research into new database technologies and approaches.
• Review upgrade recommendations for back-office infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Architects and Dev Teams on designs and implications.
• Maintain and fix bugs in existing database infrastructure.

Skills

DBA experience

Root-cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Mentoring

Cross-team collaboration

Education

BS in Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Azure

AWS

Job description

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in Boca Raton (FL) is seeking a senior Database Administrator to own the database strategy, design, and operations. You will mentor junior staff and collaborate with development teams to deliver scalable, reliable database solutions.

The role focuses on performance tuning, incident response, and researching emerging technologies. Experience across MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) is preferred.