Senior Database Administrator
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$125K - $140K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Database Administrator
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqCM:PRTH)
• Owns the end-to-end health, reliability, and performance of database environments through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and observability. • Reviews database backups, maintenance activities, and health reports to ensure issues are identified and resolved within defined SLAs. • Responds to database alerts and escalations, serving as an L3 escalation point and driving root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions. • Leads database performance tuning initiatives, including query optimization, index strategy, and workload-specific configuration improvements. • Partners with Database Engineering to assess database performance trends and identify systemic risks or improvement opportunities. • Collaborates with Cloud Engineering and Application Development teams to support scalable deployments and performance optimization. • Defines and enforces database security standards in partnership with engineering and security stakeholders. • Deploys and manages database objects (tables, indexes, views, stored procedures, packages) across multiple environments. • Participates in a 24/7 on-call rotation and provides L1–L3 support as required. • Contributes to planning and execution of initiatives that enhance database resiliency, availability, and operational transparency.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years of experience supporting SQL Server databases in a production environment.
- Strong expertise in database monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Experience supporting high-availability and disaster recovery configurations.
- Proficiency in analyzing database logs, execution plans, and performance metrics.
- Experience deploying and managing database objects across multiple environments.
- Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
- Strong root-cause analysis, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Preferred: Experience supporting databases in AWS environments (RDS, Aurora, CloudWatch monitoring).
- Experience with very large databases (VLDB > 1TB).
- Familiarity with automation and scripting (T-SQL, PowerShell, CLI).
- Exposure to NoSQL platforms.
- Relevant certifications (MCTS, MCITP, MySQL, AWS Database Specialty).
- Experience with third-party monitoring and performance tools (e.g., Idera, SolarWinds, Datadog, Splunk).
Benefits
- Financial Wellness Bonus programs
- 401(k) match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- HSA and FSA options
- Financial wellness resources and employee discount programs
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Mental health support for employees and dependents through Lyra Health
- Family planning and women’s health benefits through Carrot
- Gym membership reimbursement and virtual wellness programs (including yoga)
- 3 weeks PTO to start, with unlimited PTO after year one
- Education expense reimbursement
- Leadership development programs
- Certified Payments Professional (CPP) certification support
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