Senior MySQL DBA & AWS Database Reliability Lead (Remote)

Visa Hunt; Chicago, Cameron Park (IL, CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Employer Paid Life Insurance

401K

Generous PTO

Job summary

Keeper Security is hiring a Senior Database Administrator to join our DevOps team in a mainly remote role, with an option for hybrid work for candidates based in Chicago, IL or El Dorado Hills, CA. The AI-enabled DBA would ensure cloud database reliability, performance and security, with emphasis on MySQL and AWS services.

You will drive modern database management using tooling like Liquibase, and collaborate across DevOps and Engineering to support deployments and platform improvements.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience administering MySQL in production
• Strong AWS database services experience (RDS, Redshift, DynamoDB)
• Expert DBA practices: performance tuning, backup/restore, replication, DR, security
• Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant DB architectures
• Experience with database schema changes using Liquibase
• Ability to leverage AI tools to improve DBA workflows
• Excellent documentation and engineering-first planning
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• U.S. Person eligibility required

Responsibilities

• Maintain databases across development, QA and production environments in multiple regions
• Continually improve database performance, efficiency, reliability and security
• Design and support fault-tolerant, highly available database architecture, including replication, failover and disaster recovery capabilities
• Administer and optimize AWS database services such as RDS, Redshift and DynamoDB
• Collaborate with DevOps, Engineering and Software Development teams on query optimization, schema design and database management best practices
• Evaluate, test and deploy database changes that support new system deployments, product features and platform improvements
• Manage backup and restore procedures, database monitoring, alerting and incident response
• Help standardize and automate database operations using repeatable tooling and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Use AI-enabled tools and workflows to improve DBA productivity, troubleshooting, analysis and operational efficiency
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to support production systems and resolve escalated issues

Skills

MySQL

AWS

Database administration

Replication

Performance tuning

Backup and restore

Liquibase

AI tools

Infrastructure as code

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field

Tools

AWS RDS

Redshift

DynamoDB

Liquibase

Job description

Keeper Security is hiring a Senior Database Administrator to join our DevOps team in a mainly remote role, with an option for hybrid work for candidates based in Chicago, IL or El Dorado Hills, CA. The AI-enabled DBA would ensure cloud database reliability, performance and security, with emphasis on MySQL and AWS services.

You will drive modern database management using tooling like Liquibase, and collaborate across DevOps and Engineering to support deployments and platform improvements.