Database Administrator

Jobot
Seal Beach, United States
22 days ago
Apply on www.dice.com
Prepare application

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
$124,800.0 - $151,840.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Component-Based Software Engineering Audit Trail Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Big Data Cloud Computing Databases Continuous Integration Data Centers Data Governance Extract Transform Load (ETL)
+31 more
DevOps Disaster Recovery Distributed Systems Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Microsoft SQL Server SQL Azure MongoDB MySQL NoSQL Oracle (Applications) Windows PowerShell Ansible SQL Databases Virtualization Technology Scripting Database Performance Analyzer Delivery Pipeline Snowflake Multi-Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Cloudformation Amazon Relational Database Service SolarWinds (Software) Cassandra Google Bigquery Terraform Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Pipelines Serverless Computing

Job description

Sr. Database Administrator needed for large established California Bank - is responsible for analyzing, designing, configuring, maintaining and repairing systems infrastructure and application components., * Assists with on prem SQL databases, including Enterprise Always On (2016, 2019, 2022) and toolsets such as SolarWinds DPA (database performance analyzer).

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate the provisioning and management of database environments using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
  • Hybrid Data Orchestration: Manage data movement, synchronization, and replication between local data centers and cloud-native services like Amazon RDS, Azure SQL, or Google BigQuery.
  • FinOps & Cost Optimization: Proactively monitor cloud resource consumption and right-size instances to prevent “bill shock” from inefficient queries or over-provisioned resources.
  • DevOps & CI/CD Integration: Collaborate with development teams to integrate database changes into automated software deployment pipelines (CI/CD).
  • Security & Compliance: Enforce data governance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, SOC2, HIPAA) across distributed environments, managing identity access (IAM), encryption, and audit trails.
  • Performance Engineering: Tune not just SQL queries, but also cloud-specific resources like IOPS, memory, and network latency in virtualized environments.

Requirements

  • Cloud Platforms: Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or OCI) and familiarity with multi-cloud architectures.
  • Database Management Systems (DBMS): Mastery of relational systems (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and increasingly NoSQL or Big Data solutions (MongoDB, Snowflake, Cassandra).
  • Automation Scripting: Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or Bash to automate repetitive tasks like patching and backups.
  • Disaster Recovery: Designing high-availability (HA) solutions that utilize multi-region replication and automated failover.

Benefits & conditions

Full benefits while on contract:

  • Medical (75% paid - Blue Cross)
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Apply for this position

This job is hosted externally. Click below to view the full posting and apply.

Apply on www.dice.com
Prepare application

Good distractions

Talks and stories from around this role — technically off-topic, practically not.

2:23 min

Simplifying cloud infrastructure setup with database management platforms

Sani Yusuf · LIVE

2:37 min

Comparing traditional SQL tables versus NoSQL non-tabular databases

Stanimira Vlaeva · JS Congress

2:18 min

Scaling MySQL databases for massive user growth

Johannes Nicolai Johannes Nicolai +1 · LIVE

2:17 min

Mapping the maturity roadmap for scaled devops adoption

Dominik Krichbaum Dominik Krichbaum · World Congress 2026 Europe

2:02 min

Common practical use cases for cloud database deployments

Gregor Bauer Gregor Bauer · LIVE

3:16 min

Terminology differences between relational and NoSQL databases

Tim Faulkes · LIVE

Videos

See all

Related articles

See all