Senior DBA – MSSQL & PostgreSQL | Cloud & Automation

PEAK6; Austin (TX); Híbrido; USD 130.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare benefits

401k match

Parental leave

HSA contribution

Calm app subscription

Tuition reimbursement

Hybrid work schedule

Descripción de la vacante

Apex Fintech Solutions in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to manage Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments across development, UAT, and production. The DBA will ensure availability, security, performance, backups, recovery readiness, replication reliability, and automation, with strong T-SQL and PowerShell skills and cloud familiarity (GCP preferred).

Ideal candidates will have 8+ years of hands-on DBA experience, deep SQL Server knowledge (2016/2019/2022),

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on Microsoft SQL Server DBA and PostgreSQL experience.
• Experience with SQL Server 2016/2019/2022.
• Strong T-SQL scripting, query optimization, and performance-tuning skills.
• PowerShell scripting for SQL Server administration and automation.
• Experience with SQL Server backup/restore/recovery and disaster recovery.
• Knowledge of database security, access management, and permissions.
• Experience with SQL Server monitoring tools (e.g., SQL DM) and storage management.
• Cloud experience (GCP preferred).
• Windows Server, Active Directory, and Git/version-control practices.

Responsabilidades

• Administer and optimize high‑volume SQL Server and PostgreSQL systems in HA environments.
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and maintain SQL Server instances and databases.
• Manage database security, including user access and permissions.
• Perform backups, restores, and recovery testing; conduct snapshot activities.
• Monitor and optimize performance, storage, files, and logs.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts for routine DBA tasks.
• Automate health checks, maintenance, and job monitoring; manage SQL Agent jobs.
• Respond to alerts related to space, growth, and performance incidents.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, replication, and performance issues.
• Support Fivetran HVR replication for on‑prem to cloud data movement.
• Assist with change requests, UAT testing, and production releases.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and data teams.

Conocimientos

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

T-SQL

PowerShell

GCP

Terraform

IaC

Windows Server

Active Directory

Fivetran HVR

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Herramientas

SQL Diagnostic Manager

Git

Descripción del empleo

Apex Fintech Solutions in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to manage Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments across development, UAT, and production. The DBA will ensure availability, security, performance, backups, recovery readiness, replication reliability, and automation, with strong T-SQL and PowerShell skills and cloud familiarity (GCP preferred).

Ideal candidates will have 8+ years of hands-on DBA experience, deep SQL Server knowledge (2016/2019/2022),