Top Database Administrator Jobs

Own the performance, availability, backup, recovery, upgrades, observability, and scaling of high-throughput PostgreSQL clusters across on-premises and Amazon RDS environments. Responsibilities include query and index tuning, Patroni failover management, restore verification, migration reviews, automation, incident response, disaster recovery, documentation, and collaboration with Ruby and Java development teams.

Administer and secure Oracle and other relational and NoSQL databases in a DoD environment. Implement DISA STIGs, conduct vulnerability scans, remediate findings, support RMF and ATO packages, manage POA&M items, perform IAVA patching, and validate compliance with ISSOs. Responsibilities also include database performance monitoring, troubleshooting, recovery, upgrades, replication, script development, and SQL query execution.

Serve as functional DBA for Oracle and MongoDB across environments. Partner with app teams on schema design, data modeling, and query optimization. Diagnose and resolve database performance, integrity, and incident issues. Validate database changes for releases, maintain documentation/runbooks, and support data migration and transformation for enterprise-scale applications.

Administer and optimize P21/SQL databases, design logical and physical data models, manage SSRS reports and SSIS packages, ensure security, backups, and recovery, tune performance, collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors, and document database procedures and policies.

Administer and optimize PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MySQL across on-prem and multi-cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP). Manage installs, upgrades, migrations, patching, security, backup/recovery, DR, and capacity planning. Monitor and resolve incidents, provide production support and on-call coverage. Drive cloud modernization, automation, IaC, and operational excellence with cross-functional teams while maintaining documentation and communicating risks to stakeholders.

Leads enterprise database strategy, administration, optimization, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance initiatives. Stabilizes on-premises databases and designs phased migrations to AWS. Provides technical authority on SQL Server, relational and NoSQL platforms, data architecture, CI/CD, observability, and resilient cloud-native systems. Collaborates with engineering and architecture teams, mentors database administrators, guides modernization efforts, and communicates technical trade-offs to stakeholders.

Lead Data Engineer/DB2 DBA responsible for maintaining and optimizing mainframe Db2 databases and data pipelines. Tasks include troubleshooting DB2 issues, backup/recovery, DDL deployments, environment refreshes, performance tuning, control reviews, and collaborating with application teams. Uses enterprise-authorized AI to accelerate design and operational tasks while ensuring validation, security, and auditability.

Designs, develops, and manages Oracle or MySQL databases; optimizes queries, monitors performance, documents data models and schemas, manages backups, and supports security compliance policies. The role also oversees complex database administration activities and requires recent database administration experience.

Administer and improve enterprise Microsoft SQL Server platforms, particularly Azure-hosted workloads. Responsibilities include provisioning, high availability and disaster recovery, backup and recovery, performance tuning, security, patching, migrations, automation, documentation, production support, incident response, and cross-functional collaboration. The role requires strong SQL Server internals, T-SQL, Always On Availability Groups, Azure IaaS, monitoring, and operational discipline.

Designs and optimizes scalable data architectures, relational and non-relational data models, Snowflake systems, and AWS-based ETL/ELT pipelines. Develops data quality, monitoring, documentation, CI/CD, and automated recovery capabilities while supporting analytics, reporting, and AI workloads. The role requires advanced SQL and Python, DevSecOps practices, stakeholder collaboration, Agile delivery, and modernization of government clients’ data ecosystems.

Senior database administrator responsible for advanced operational support, performance tuning, and architecture of enterprise SQL Server environments (hub-and-spoke). Lead technical escalation, mentor DBAs, design ETL/data distribution, manage availability and DR, support Azure/Databricks modernization and cloud migrations, and participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.

Administers, designs, secures, monitors, and optimizes large-scale client/server databases. Responsibilities include database programming, performance tuning, backup and disaster recovery, access control, auditing, documentation, systems integration, and advising users. The role requires supporting database projects in large organizations, working across operating systems and cloud platforms, and maintaining sensitive data security. A Secret clearance and DoD IAT Level II certification are required.

Administers database schemas and objects in client/server environments, including design, implementation, maintenance, auditing, quality control, access management, security, documentation, and database programming. Advises users on database access, supports systems design, and maintains complex schema objects. Requires experience with Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL Server, MS Access, multiple operating systems, and large-scale database administration in a government-support environment.

Lead daily PostgreSQL and SAP ASE database administration for a federal client, including monitoring, replication, backup and recovery, security, performance tuning, capacity planning, migrations, upgrades, and disaster recovery. Support ASE-to-PostgreSQL schema conversion and cutover activities, troubleshoot production issues, manage ticket triage, mentor DBAs, coordinate with project managers, and provide database architecture guidance in a 24x7 environment.

As a Database Administrator, you'll optimize database performance, manage health and monitoring, enforce governance, and collaborate with engineering teams on SQL optimization and application integration across Azure-managed databases.

Lead the design, implementation, maintenance, security, migration, and optimization of highly available PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora databases on AWS. Develop data warehousing and ETL solutions, manage scheduling and monitoring, tune performance, support database projects, and maintain technical documentation. The role supports Army Human Resources Command by improving HR processes and decision-making through modern cloud database technologies.

Own the performance, availability, backup and recovery, observability, upgrades, migrations, and disaster recovery of high-throughput PostgreSQL environments across on-premises infrastructure and Amazon RDS. Review application code and database migrations, automate operations, lead incident response, conduct failover and restore testing, support capacity planning, and maintain technical documentation. Participate in on-call rotations and collaborate closely with development teams.

Administers enterprise Oracle, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL Server environments supporting federal customers. Responsibilities include installation, configuration, monitoring, backups, troubleshooting, patching, upgrades, performance optimization, security, documentation, release execution, ticket coordination, and mentoring. The role supports Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, cloud technologies, networking, Active Directory, web servers, and mission-critical infrastructure. A Public Trust clearance is required or must be obtainable.

Leads and supports mainframe and enterprise database administration, including DB2, IMS, ADABAS, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server environments. Responsibilities include database upgrades, migrations, installations, performance and capacity monitoring, backup and recovery, replication, partitioning, cloud database transfers, ETL troubleshooting, and production support. The role also provides database design recommendations, develops scripts and procedures, and consults with application development and operations teams.

Administer and optimize production and non-production databases for a large-scale VA data migration. Responsibilities include installation, patching, performance tuning, backup and recovery, security, AWS database provisioning, data conversion, validation, troubleshooting, high availability, disaster recovery, and technical documentation. The role collaborates with developers and analysts across on-premises and AWS environments while ensuring database availability, integrity, and security.

Administer and maintain large Oracle databases, develop SQL and stored procedures, perform performance and integration testing, and support data migration, cleansing, transformation, and ETL automation. The role also gathers and documents requirements, coordinates developers and QA teams, creates test plans, manages defect validation, prepares Excel spreadsheets, and mentors team members.

The job description provides no specific responsibilities or qualifications beyond the Senior SQL DBA Administrator title. The role presumably involves database administration, but no duties, technologies beyond SQL, compensation, travel, sponsorship, or clearance requirements are stated.

Administer and design enterprise Oracle databases, including logical and physical data modeling, stored procedures, triggers, scripts, SQL optimization, tuning, upgrades, and support for Java and IBM WebSphere applications. Manage large multi-terabyte production databases, assist application development teams across concurrent cycles, and apply database tools such as RAC, GoldenGate, ASM, Data Guard, and RMAN.

The Database Administrator III role requires U.S. citizenship and completion of all work within the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii. The provided description does not specify database administration responsibilities, tools, or technical qualifications. Compensation is $120,000 to $150,000 annually.

Own and operate production database infrastructure at scale, ensuring monitoring, performance, reliability, backups, disaster recovery, and capacity planning. Optimize MySQL configurations, queries, schemas, indexes, and execution plans. Automate maintenance, execute upgrades and migrations, investigate incidents, improve documentation, and partner with software engineers on scalable database practices. The role also provides technical guidance to junior team members and supports cloud infrastructure using Terraform.