Senior Technical DBA Lead: Cloud & On-Prem Data Architect

The Vanguard Group; Wayne (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

The Vanguard Group is seeking a Lead Technical Database Administrator to provide expert-level DBA services for production, test, and development databases across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities include performance tuning, data modeling, backup/recovery, security, and mentoring staff within a hybrid work model. You will support high‑impact applications, drive data architecture planning, and manage data migration with minimal downtime.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of database-related experience including data modeling and performance optimization.
• Expertise across multiple mid-tier server and cloud platforms (On-Prem Oracle/SQL Server, AWS/Azure).
• Strong knowledge of data migration, data warehouse concepts, and implementation strategies.
• Experience with security, backup/recovery, and reliability for large-scale databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert DBA services and perform physical database design for critical applications.
• Monitor, optimize, and support databases across production, test, and development.
• Develop and maintain backups, recovery jobs, and security policies.
• Mentor staff and resolve complex issues escalated from junior team members.
• Lead data migration/conversion with minimal downtime and data integrity.
• Collaborate on data architecture planning and long-term scalability.

Skills

Database administration

Data modeling

Performance tuning

Cloud databases

AWS

Azure

SQL Server

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Automation scripting

Linux scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Redshift

AWS

Azure

Job description

The Vanguard Group is seeking a Lead Technical Database Administrator to provide expert-level DBA services for production, test, and development databases across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities include performance tuning, data modeling, backup/recovery, security, and mentoring staff within a hybrid work model. You will support high‑impact applications, drive data architecture planning, and manage data migration with minimal downtime.