Sr. Database Administrator

HHAeXchange; United States; À distance; USD 125 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health plans

Paid time off

401K with company match

Résumé du poste

HHAeXchange is hiring a Senior Database Administrator to lead high-availability SaaS database operations across multi-region deployments.

You will manage SQL Server infrastructure, support Oracle Exadata/ AWS Aurora MySQL and PostgreSQL, and design disaster recovery strategies with strict RPO/RTO targets.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in database administration, with at least 4 years in an enterprise SaaS environment.
• Expertise in Cloud Data Platforms (AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL, OCI) and relational systems in Cloud and On-Prem.
• Experience with No-SQL solutions (Redis, Couchbase, MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Advanced automation/scripting for infra-as-code and task automation.

Responsabilités

• Maintain complex replication models and high-availability solutions across multi-region deployments.
• Design, implement, and maintain primary SQL Server infrastructure for uptime and reliability.
• Support Oracle Exadata@AWS, AWS Aurora MySQL, and PostgreSQL across platforms.
• Design end-to-end DR strategies with RPO/RTO compliance.
• Lead performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity management for high-volume SaaS workloads.
• Develop standards for database schema design and automated deployment pipelines (CI/CD).
• Establish Ops-as-Code with Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD automation.

Connaissances

War Room leadership

Follow-the-sun support

Licensing & cost analysis

Stakeholder communication

AI adoption

Formation

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

Outils

Python

Bash

Terraform

Ansible

Description du poste

HHAeXchange is the leading technology platform for home and community-based care. Founded in 2008, HHAeXchange was born out of an idea to create a fully comprehensive end-to-end homecare solution to help people who are aging or have disabilities thrive in their homes and communities. Our employees are passionate about transforming the healthcare space by building the only homecare ecosystem that fully connects patients, personal care providers, managed care organizations, and states.

This is a fully remote opportunity for candidates located in the EST or CST time zones within the US only.

Essential Job Duties

• Maintain complex replication models (e.g., multi-region, real-time) and high-availability solutions like clustering or multi-AZ deployments.
• Act as the subject matter expert for the design, implementation, and maintenance of our primary SQL Server infrastructure, maximizing uptime and reliability.
• Multi-Platform Administration: Support, monitor, and maintain auxiliary database platforms including Oracle Exadata@AWS, AWS Aurora MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Ensure data consistency across distributed SaaS environments and hybrid-cloud infrastructures.
• Design and implement end-to-end Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies, ensuring compliance with Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO).
• Participate in regular DR exercises, automated failover testing, and demonstration of no-outage resiliency.
• Establish and enforce automated data retention, archiving, and purging policies aligned with industry compliancy, including healthcare industry requirements.
• Implement and support security measures, including transparent data encryption (TDE), role‑based security, and unified auditing.
• Lead proactive performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity management for high-volume, transactional SaaS workloads.
• Monitor and analyze advanced performance metrics to identify and resolve resource contention.
• Serve as a technical advisor for database modernization roadmaps, transitioning legacy systems to cloud-native or containerized architectures.
• Develop standards for database schema design, storage structures, and automated deployment pipelines (CI/CD).
• Establish Standard Operating Procedures for the database operations team, covering routine maintenance, patching, and ticket escalation paths.
• Build and promote our "Operations-as-Code" model, mentoring the team in using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and utilizing CI/CD pipelines to automate repetitive tasks.

Other Job Duties

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor or HHAeXchange leader.

Travel Requirements

• Travel up to 10%, including overnight travel

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field and applicable experience.

Experience

• 6+ years in database administration, with at least 4 years within an enterprise SaaS environment.
• Expertise in Cloud Data Platforms (e.g., AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL, OCI) and relational systems (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server) in both Cloud and On‑Prem environments.
• Experience with No‑SQL solutions (e.g., Redis, Couchbase, MongoDB, Cassandra)
• Advanced Automation/Scripting skills (Python, Bash, Terraform, or Ansible) for infrastructure‑as‑code and task automation.
• Proven experience with Large‑Scale Data Migration and zero‑downtime upgrades.

Skills

• Ability to lead a "War Room" during critical outages, collaborating with opertaion staff,between operations staff and executive stakeholders;
• Collaborating with distributed or offshore operations teams in a follow‑the‑sun support model;
• Analyzing license and hosting agreements from a performance and cost perspective;
• Strong analytical thinking, complex problem-solving, and the ability to communicate technical strategies to non‑technical stakeholders;
• Willingness to explore and adopt AI tools responsibly to enhance productivity and innovation in your role

The base salary range for this US‑based, full‑time, and exempt position is $125,000-140,000/yr, not including variable compensation. An employee’s exact starting salary will be based on various factors including but not limited to experience, education, training, merit, location, and the ability to exemplify the HHAeXchange core values.

This is a benefits‑eligible position. HHAeXchange offers competitive health plans, paid time‑off, company paid holidays, 401K retirement program with a Company elected match, including other company sponsored programs.

HHAeXchange is an equal‑opportunity employer. The Company offers employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, citizenship, genetic information, hairstyles, or any other status protected by local or federal law.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.