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# Senior Database Administrator

- **Company:** Triwave Solutions
- **Location:** Linthicum Heights, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Audit Trail, Databases, Data Integrity, Database Design, Database Security, Disaster Recovery, Identity and Access Management, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Servers, Query Optimization, SQL Databases, Data Logging, Scripting, System Availability, Database Optimization, Database Performance, Indexer, Cloudformation, Database Migration, Amazon Relational Database Service, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Database Backup, Database Monitoring, Cloudwatch
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/eb7ed1bc-2713-4fe9-8b16-fc85c936a0ba

## About the Role

* 5+ years of professional experience as a Database Administrator, including AWS cloud database administration.
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
 * Hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition, and Amazon RDS for SQL Server.
 * Strong AWS knowledge, including networking, security, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
 * Strong Windows Server administration and troubleshooting skills.
 * Proficiency in SQL, query optimization, indexing, execution plan analysis, and database performance tuning.
 * Experience with database backup and recovery, replication, high availability, disaster recovery, patching, and upgrades.
 * Strong understanding of database security, access management, encryption, auditing, data modeling, governance, and data integrity.
 * Experience with database monitoring, incident resolution, capacity planning, and resource optimization.
 * Experience managing schema changes, database upgrades, configuration changes, and releases while maintaining application compatibility.
 * Experience collaborating with data architects and application developers on database design, data modeling, integration, and performance improvements.
 * Strong communication, documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Experience:

 * Databases supporting shared enterprise platforms and multiple applications.
 * AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, and AWS networking/security services.
 * Database automation, infrastructure as code, scripting, and change management.
 * Database migration, replication, performance benchmarking, and cost optimization.
 * Enterprise or regulated environments with established security and operational controls.

## Description

The Senior Database Administrator will manage, secure, monitor, and optimize databases supporting a shared enterprise platform. The role focuses on database performance, availability, scalability, backup and recovery, security, and operational reliability within AWS cloud environments.