The Role
The Senior DBA will manage and optimize large-scale database systems, ensuring performance and reliability while collaborating with teams for data reporting and maintenance.
Summary Generated by Built In
ControlUp creates an autonomous workplace where the day runs itself.
We’re a leader in DEX, unifying digital employee experience and IT operations into one powerful platform built for modern workplace management. By combining real-time monitoring, automation, and proactive remediation, ControlUp enables IT teams to prevent issues before they impact employees, reduce operational complexity, and streamline IT environments, without the clutter of multiple tools. With ControlUp, IT works smarter, employees stay productive, and the workday runs itself. One platform. One powerful shift in how work flows.
No tool sprawl. No wasted time. No interruptions. Just technology that runs smoothly, so people can get on with work that matters.
The Role
We're looking for a Senior DBA to join our DataOps team, part of the DevOps & Infrastructure group. In this role, you will ensure the performance, reliability, and scalability of the database systems that underpin the ControlUp platform. You will be responsible for managing and optimizing large-scale (multi-terabyte) databases, improving complex query performance, and implementing best practices for database design, security, and maintenance.You’ll work closely with development teams to support their data needs – from writing and tuning SQL queries for reports to guiding schema design for new features. If you are passionate about data, performance tuning, and collaboration in a fast-paced environment, this role will be a great fit for you.
How You’ll Spend Your Day
- Manage and maintain our Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL OpenSearch and ClickHouse databases, ensuring high availability, regular backups, and proper security measures to protect data integrity
- Monitor database health and performance (indexes, storage, replication, etc.) using monitoring tools such as grafana, splunk
- Analyze execution plans and server metrics to diagnose performance issues and implement improvements that can handle our multi-terabyte data volumes efficiently
- Develop and maintain ETL workflows
- Collaborate with product and development teams to create SQL-based reports and dashboards, ensuring that data is accurate, accessible, and drives informed decision-making
- Use scripting tools (Bash, PowerShell, or Python) to automate regular database and CI/CD tasks Work closely with software developers to assist in designing database schemas, writing efficient queries, and troubleshooting database-related issues during development and testing
- Support our QA, DevOps, Security and product teams by providing expertise in data-related matters and ensuring database changes are rolled out smoothly through various environments
- Manage and configure databases in cloud environments (such as AWS RDS, Azure Database services, open search services), and help plan migrations or deployments of database systems to the cloud when needed
Your Experience and Qualifications
- 5+ years Experience as a DBA with RDBMS (MSSQL, PostgreSQL) on cloud environments (Azure, AWS)
- Proven experience in managing large-scale databases (hundreds of GB to multi-terabyte) and optimizing the performance of complex SQL queries and stored procedures
- Strong background in database architecture, schema design
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language or tool (Bash, PowerShell, or Python)
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Liquibase
- Willingness to be part of a 24/7 on-call support rotation
- Hands-on experience creating or supporting BI reports using SQL – for example, writing complex queries or stored procedures to generate report data, and collaborating with development/product teams to deliver actionable insights
- Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical team members
- Familiarity with (SSIS) and ETL processes - an advantage
- Experience as a DBA with OpenSearch or ClickHouse - an advantage
- Experience with Docker - an advantage
Top Skills
Aws Rds
Azure Database Services
Azure Devops
Bash
Ci/Cd
Clickhouse
Grafana
Liquibase
Microsoft Sql Server
Opensearch
Postgres
Powershell
Python
Splunk
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The Company
What We Do
Today, millions of us work remotely, and we wouldn’t want it any other way. We’ve discovered that having more flexibility to work wherever and however we want frees us to bring our best at work and in life. ControlUp's Digital Employee Experience management platform empowers IT teams to make remote work simple and more reliable.
