Top Database Administrator Jobs

Administers Oracle and SQL Server databases across Linux and Windows environments. Installs, configures, upgrades, tunes, secures, and optimizes database platforms, including clustered and RAC environments. Develops PL/SQL and T-SQL scripts, manages backup and disaster recovery, applies data governance and access controls, resolves database incidents, and supports application development teams. Participates in on-call support, emergency outage response, project delivery, and knowledge sharing.

Manage and maintain the college's database systems (SIS-focused) to ensure integrity, availability, security, and performance. Responsibilities include configuring databases, patching/updating, malware protection, account management, performance tuning, capacity planning, monitoring, and documentation. Collaborate with reporting groups and campus stakeholders to optimize reports and database usage.

Implement and maintain Oracle database systems, ensure uptime and security, configure monitoring/alerts, apply patches/upgrades, perform performance tuning and troubleshooting using RAC, PL/SQL, ETL and Unix.

Provide operational database services for SQL Server environments: install, configure, upgrade, backup/recovery, security, performance tuning, capacity planning, incident/request resolution, change management, documentation, and 24x7 support while coordinating with development and IT teams.

Administer, maintain, upgrade, and optimize enterprise databases (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle); design schemas and data models; build ETL and API integrations; support CI/CD and DevSecOps deployments; monitor health and performance, enforce security controls, manage multiple instances and data connections, and participate in Agile engineering and documentation. Requires active TS/SCI clearance and AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.

Lead administration, optimization, and support of high-volume PostgreSQL and MongoDB systems in GCP. Design Terraform modules for managed databases, implement IaC and CI/CD for DB changes, manage replication and BigQuery targets, ensure HA/DR and backup strategies, perform performance tuning and security/audit tasks, and participate in on-call rotations and incident response.

The Database Administrator II maintains database integrity, security, and availability, manages disaster recovery, performance tuning, and evaluates DBMS products.

Maintain and administer the systems engineering requirements database (SEDB): metadata and schema management, user/security administration, queries/views, workflows, backups, installs/upgrades, license compliance, performance tuning, and automation. Support systems engineering documentation (CONOPS, requirements specs, RVTM, ICDs), provide SysML/UML modeling SME support, coordinate upgrades across IT groups, and assist system engineers with scripting, cloud instantiation, and integrations. Work may support DoD programs and require security clearance and US citizenship.

Manage and optimize customer SQL Server environments: design and maintain databases, tune performance, implement backup/recovery and HA/DR, perform Windows system administration, automate tasks with scripting, enforce security, support releases, troubleshoot environments, and document procedures. Requires Top Secret clearance and on-site presence.

Manage and secure Azure database environments by automating tasks (PowerShell, Azure CLI, Ansible), provisioning/configuring Azure SQL, SQL MI, and PostgreSQL, performing migrations and security assessments, ensuring HA/backup/recovery and performance tuning, and maintaining documentation and 24x7 operational support.

The Database Administrator will maintain database integrity, security, and availability, performing duties like disaster recovery, performance tuning, and data monitoring.

Design, implement, and manage open-source and AWS database platforms (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Aurora). Ensure performance, availability, security, automation (Terraform/Ansible/CI-CD), monitoring, replication, backup/recovery, cost optimization, and participate in on-call incident response.

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.

Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and Delta Lake lakehouse architectures on AWS/Databricks using Python, SQL, and PySpark. Optimize performance, implement data quality and governance, support schema design and data modeling, integrate pipelines into CI/CD, document lineage for compliance, and troubleshoot data issues across environments.

Manage and secure enterprise relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle). Ensure performance, availability, backups, disaster recovery, and capacity planning. Implement encryption (TDE, column/tablespace encryption), KMS/HSM integration, access controls, masking/tokenization, and auditing for PII. Collaborate with security and compliance teams and support incident response and query/schema optimization.

Ensure production database services are scalable, resilient, high-performing, and secure. Participate in on-call rotation, monitoring, alerting, incident response, disaster recovery drills, and post-mortems. Automate operational tasks, design reliability/security controls, build observability tooling, capacity forecasts, and collaborate with developers and security to improve hybrid cloud vector and NoSQL database platforms.

Administer and optimize on-premises and Azure SQL environments, ensure availability and integrity, lead cloud data platform modernization, manage CI/CD and deployments, provide 24x7 incident support, and drive performance tuning and data governance.

Support, sustain, and modernize relational databases in a classified mission environment. Administer RDBMS (Oracle/Exadata, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server), ensure security/compliance, automate tasks, troubleshoot performance/replication/backup, collaborate with engineers and security teams, and provide operational support including after-hours maintenance.

Lead design and development of web and commercial software using Spring MVC, ReactJS and multiple languages. Integrate AI/ML/NLP, manage full SDLC, ensure security and QA, maintain relational and NoSQL databases, author specifications, and provide enterprise deployment leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

The Database Administrator is responsible for maintaining database integrity, security, and performance; managing user accounts, optimizing performance, and coordinating architecture changes.

Design, implement, administer, and secure database management systems. Perform database modeling, relational architecture, ETL tasks, access control, validation, documentation, and technical consulting to analyze requirements and deliver database solutions for government clients.

Operate and administer large-scale relational databases across multiple classification levels. Partner with senior DBAs and developers to design, deploy, secure, and monitor databases (development through production). Implement access controls, auditing, logging, and integration with enterprise data services. Support agile development, rapid prototyping, documentation, demos, and stakeholder engagement. Provide operational support for a high-visibility application used across 50+ organizations.

Provide DB2 database administration: design and modify databases, manage security, backups and disaster recovery (mirroring/clustering), troubleshoot performance, run reorg/statistics utilities, support developers/ops and provide after-hours on-call assistance.

Own and maintain the cloud database platform: monitor and troubleshoot cloud (AWS) MySQL/Postgres databases, optimize performance and scalability, collaborate on architecture, support development teams, build operations tooling, and evaluate emerging database technologies.

Lead Netezza DBA responsible for administering and tuning Netezza appliances, supporting development and production environments, capacity planning, security design, data migrations, monitoring, vendor coordination, troubleshooting slow queries, and leading the DBA team including on-call duties.