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Database Administrator

TrainMind

Database Administrator5 hours ago

Role Description This role is presented as part of a referral program to identify experienced Database Administrators (DBA) for a high-priority project focused on real-world database administration. Freelancers will perform hands-on database operations across MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server, contributing to AI model development in areas such as: - SQL querying - Systems administration - Performance tuning - Indexing - Optimization This short-term, remote contract is well suited for DBAs with practical, production-level experience who want to apply their skills to applied AI training. Hourly Rate: USD $75 - USD $100/hour Contract Duration: Through end of February (extension possible) Commitment: minimum 30 hours/week Location: Fully remote Payment: Weekly payouts via Stripe Connect, based on hours logged High performers are prioritized for future AI Finance, LLM Evaluation, and Modeling projects. Qualifications - 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator working in production environments - Expert-level SQL skills and proficiency with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and/or SQL Server - Strong background in performance tuning, security, data integrity, and schema design - Familiarity with compliance standards (e.g., SOX), data export formats, and backup tooling - Comfortable handling large datasets, interpreting execution plans, and managing database infrastructure end-to-end - Ability to produce production-quality scripts and documentation for technical audiences Requirements - Design and optimize complex SQL queries using EXPLAIN plans and indexing strategies - Implement schema changes with CREATE/ALTER statements and rollback planning - Configure and validate automated backup and restoration procedures - Manage user roles and permissions following defined security policies - Export/import data between systems with validation checks and encoding integrity - Execute data quality checks and report violations with remediation scripts - Apply statistics updates, manage transaction logs, and test failover recovery - Perform compliance data extractions, patching, and system audits for enterprise use cases - Document processes and performance findings in clear, reproducible formats Application Process - Upload resume - AI interview based on your resume - Submit form

Worldwide

$75 - $100 / hour

Database Administrator

GaP Solutions

Providing retail solutions, tailored to you.

Database Administrator1 day ago

Full Time Remote LeadTeam 51-200Since 1992H1B Sponsor

• Provide support services as a Database Administrator in support of the overall operational objectives of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). • Perform routine database backups to ensure data integrity and ad hoc recovery using complex tools and applications. • Monitor database usage and performance and schedule necessary improvements. • Provide technical guidance and assistance in evaluating, customizing, and applying both open source and commercial data management systems, applications and tools used for supporting research.

Open Source

United States

$120K - $160K / year

Lead Database Administrator

Gallagher

Working to protect what matters most throughout the world.

Database Administrator1 day ago

Full Time Remote LeadTeam 1,001-5,000Since 1938

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Role Description Gallagher Bassett, a division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., is seeking an accomplished Lead Database Administrator (SQL Server & Cloud Platforms) to provide technical leadership, strategic direction, and operational excellence across the enterprise database ecosystem. This role is responsible for the administration, security, performance, resiliency, and modernization of mission-critical SQL Server platforms spanning on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. The Lead Database Administrator will serve as the senior technical authority for database services, partnering with application, infrastructure, security, architecture, data, and business teams to ensure highly available, scalable, secure, and compliant database platforms. This individual will lead database initiatives, mentor DBA resources, drive automation and operational improvements, and support Gallagher Bassett’s cloud modernization and enterprise platform strategy. This role requires a hands-on leader with deep Microsoft SQL Server expertise, strong cloud platform experience, a mature operational mindset, and the ability to communicate technical risk, resiliency posture, and strategic recommendations to technology and business leadership. Duties and Responsibilities - Lead the administration, configuration, and ongoing support of enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud platforms. - Serve as the technical lead and escalation point for complex SQL Server issues, production incidents, performance concerns, and database platform decisions. - Provide technical leadership, coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to DBA team members, application teams, and other IT operations resources. - Define and implement database standards, governance processes, architecture patterns, naming conventions, operational procedures, and best practices for enterprise database management. - Own and/or participate in database capacity planning, lifecycle management, patching strategy, upgrade planning, and roadmap development. - Design, implement, and support highly available and resilient SQL Server architectures using Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, replication, log shipping, backup/restore strategies, and cloud-native resiliency capabilities. - Develop, maintain, and regularly test disaster recovery and business continuity plans to meet established recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO). - Lead complex database migrations, consolidations, upgrades, cloud modernization initiatives, platform rationalization efforts, and decommissioning activities. - Manage and optimize cloud database platforms including Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines and related cloud data services. - Evaluate, plan, and execute SQL Server modernization patterns including rehost, refactor, replatform, managed instance adoption, and cloud-native data service transitions. - Monitor and optimize database performance through advanced query tuning, index optimization, workload analysis, execution plan review, wait statistics analysis, resource governance, and automation. - Support and enhance Shadowbase replication technologies used to synchronize data between HPE NonStop and Microsoft SQL environments, including monitoring, troubleshooting, validation, and operational documentation. - Enhance proactive monitoring, alerting, observability, capacity forecasting, and health reporting processes to ensure database platform stability, scalability, and reliability. - Drive automation initiatives using AI, PowerShell, T-SQL, SQL Agent, automation frameworks, Infrastructure as Code concepts, workload automation, and enterprise scheduling tools. - Partner with application development, architecture, and data teams to establish data design standards, database development practices, and application performance optimization strategies. - Implement and maintain database security controls including least-privilege access, encryption at rest and in transit, auditing, privileged access management, vulnerability remediation, data retention, and regulatory compliance requirements. - Collaborate with cybersecurity, governance, risk, audit, and compliance teams to ensure adherence to enterprise policies, regulatory obligations, and industry standards. - Develop executive-level reporting and communicate database risks, operational health, modernization progress, resiliency posture, and strategic recommendations to IT leadership. - Create and maintain comprehensive database architecture, operational, security, monitoring, backup, recovery, and runbook documentation. - Contribute to vendor evaluations, licensing analysis, support escalations, cost optimization opportunities, and platform selection decisions related to SQL Server and cloud database services. - Participate in leadership-level planning for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, data center initiatives, and enterprise transformation efforts when database platforms are impacted. - Participate in an on-call rotation supporting 24x7x365 business-critical operations by providing senior escalation coverage when needed. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Equivalent professional experience may be considered. - Minimum 8+ years of progressive database administration experience with at least 3 years serving in a senior, lead, or principal DBA capacity. - Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server architecture, administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, security, backup/recovery, and operational support. - Experience managing large-scale, highly available SQL Server environments supporting mission-critical applications in a 24x7x365 enterprise setting. - Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Windows Server Failover Clustering, backup and recovery architecture, replication, log shipping, and disaster recovery testing. - Demonstrated experience with Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, Azure monitoring, Azure storage/recovery services, and cloud migration methodologies. - Deep understanding of SQL Server internals, T-SQL, execution plans, indexing strategies, query optimization, statistics, wait types, locking, blocking, deadlocks, tempdb optimization, and resource management. - Experience with Shadowbase or similar enterprise replication technologies; experience supporting HPE NonStop to SQL Server data synchronization is a plus. - Strong understanding of database security best practices including encryption, auditing, access controls, privileged access management, vulnerability management, data classification, and compliance support. - Experience automating repeatable DBA tasks, health checks, reporting, deployment support, and operational workflows. - Experience implementing monitoring, observability, alerting, capacity planning, and performance management solutions for enterprise database environments. - Strong project leadership, stakeholder management, vendor management, change management, and risk management skills. - Ability to lead multiple initiatives simultaneously, prioritize competing demands, and make sound decisions based on business impact, technical risk, and operational urgency. - Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities with a structured approach to incident resolution and root cause analysis. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, auditors, vendors, and executive leadership. - Demonstrated ability to mentor technical staff, influence without direct authority, and establish credibility as a trusted database platform leader. Requirements - Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 7 years of prior relevant experience, or equivalent experience. - Prior enterprise-scale Microsoft SQL Server database administration experience is required. - Experience serving as a lead DBA, senior DBA, database platform owner, or technical escalation lead is required. - Experience leading database modernization, SQL Server upgrade, cloud migration, platform consolidation, or data center transformation initiatives is strongly preferred. - Hands-on experience with Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, and/or Amazon RDS for SQL Server is strongly preferred. - Microsoft certifications related to Azure, SQL Server, data platforms, cloud architecture, or security are preferred. - Strong working knowledge of project planning, project tracking, reporting, governance, change management, and operational readiness processes. - Familiarity and experience using workload automation, enterprise job scheduling, and operational orchestration software. - Experience supporting highly regulated, highly available 24x7x365 environments. - Experience working with cross-functional teams including application development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, architecture, compliance, audit, and business operations. Benefits - Competitive compensation - Comprehensive benefits programs designed to support your well-being - Career development opportunities and ongoing learning - A collaborative, people-first culture with accessible leadership - The opportunity to do meaningful work with global reach and local impact

United States

Full Time Remote Mid Level

Mainframe IDMS DBA

SMART TECH SKILLS LLC

This is a remote position.

Database Administrator1 day ago

Role Description This IDMS Database Administrator (DBA) position supports a high-visibility, complex state public health modernization initiative. Operating within a cooperative, distributed, startup-minded environment, the DBA provides critical database deployment, operations, and application support. This is a 12-month remote contract opportunity requiring mandatory criminal, credit, state law enforcement, and registry background checks. Key Responsibilities - Database Administration & Performance Tuning - Provide hands-on monitoring, deployment, and operational administration for enterprise-scale IDMS databases in accordance with system best practices. - Enable, configure, and tune IDMS platform features to optimize database performance within z/OS mainframe environments. - Generate, analyze, and interpret performance metrics to recommend and implement optimal courses of action for high-availability systems. - Coordinate with database administration teams to configure, support, and maintain test, staging, and production databases. - Application & Integration Support - Advise application developers and product teams on the design, optimization, and implementation of required database model extensions and structural changes. - Collaborate with development teams on application programming interfaces for both native and SQL IDMS architectures. - Partner with third-party vendors, system providers, professional associations, and external state agencies to manage cross-platform integration points. - Operations, Security, & Support - Support the deployment and configuration of IDMS security, protecting application structures, dictionary objects, and relational database objects. - Establish, document, and maintain operational runbooks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and backup/recovery processes for database management. - Participate in a rotating 24/7 on-call technical support schedule to resolve database production incidents. Qualifications - 15 or more years of experience with IDMS database deployment and operations in a z/OS environment on a z-series IBM mainframe computer. - 10 or more years of experience with the IDMS SQL option, including database creation and support under relational models using SQL syntax. - 15 or more years of experience deploying IDMS security, including ADS/O application structures, Integrated Data Dictionary (IDD), and relational database objects. - 15 or more years of experience with IDMS application programming (both native and SQL) utilizing COBOL and ADS/O development languages. - 12 or more years of experience with IBM High Level Assembler on the z/OS operating system. - 10 or more years of experience using IDMS Perfmon for online system monitoring and operational report generation. - Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field (or equivalent professional work experience). Preferred Qualifications - Working knowledge of mainframe RACF security frameworks. - Experience in application change management methodologies. - Professional experience in the healthcare industry, including the management of protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). - Direct experience with Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), Medicaid eligibility systems, or public sector social services systems. - Master's degree in a computer science or business-related field. Core Skills & Attributes - Impeccable integrity with the confidence and courage to make correct decisions on high-visibility projects managing public funds. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical strategies and tasks to project management. - Strong project planning capabilities, with experience in effort estimation and resource allocation for complex technical initiatives. - Outstanding collaboration and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with distributed team members and diverse organizations on a continuous basis. Benefits - Competitive salary - Remote location - Expert Level (15 or more years of experience)

View details: Mainframe IDMS DBA

United States

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Senior Database Administrator

Allied Universal

Allied Universal, founded in 2016 with the merger of AlliedBarton Security Services and Universal Services of America, is now a widely-recognized industry leader and North America�

Database Administrator2 days ago

Full Time Remote Senior

Role Description Allied Universal® is hiring a Senior Database Administrator. The Senior Database Administrator is responsible for the design, administration, security, optimization, availability, and support of enterprise database platforms. Serving as a senior technical resource, this role provides leadership in database architecture, performance tuning, disaster recovery, automation, and data integration initiatives. The position partners closely with application development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and business teams to ensure database environments are secure, stable, scalable, and aligned with organizational objectives, while also serving as an escalation point for complex production issues and database-related projects. Responsibilities: - Database Administration: - Administer Microsoft SQL Server and related database technologies. - Ensure availability, reliability, performance, and recoverability of production, development, test, and disaster recovery environments through installation, upgrades, migrations, patching, maintenance, backup, recovery, monitoring, capacity planning, and growth forecasting. - Performance Monitoring and Optimization: - Optimize database performance through indexing, query tuning, execution plan analysis, and system configuration improvements. - Identify and resolve application and database performance bottlenecks. - Establish database development, performance, and optimization standards; review application code and database structures. - Database Architecture and Design: - Support database architecture, technology planning, schema design, data modeling, and integration initiatives. - Participate in enterprise projects to ensure scalability, maintainability, and alignment with business requirements. - Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements. - Security and Compliance: - Implement and maintain security controls, access management, and privileged account governance in accordance with corporate, regulatory, audit, cybersecurity, and compliance requirements. - Support vulnerability remediation, security assessments, and protection of sensitive and regulated data. - Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: - Develop, maintain, test, and validate disaster recovery procedures, backup recovery processes, recovery objectives, and business continuity plans. - Automation and Operational Excellence: - Develop automation solutions using T-SQL, PowerShell, SQL Agent, and related technologies to improve efficiency through scripting, monitoring, alerting, and self-healing processes. - Maintain operational documentation, standard operating procedures, and database administration standards. - Application and Development Support: - Support application deployments, production releases, reporting, integration, and analytics solutions. - Partner with development teams on database design, coding best practices, and troubleshooting database-related application issues. - Leadership and Collaboration: - Serve as a senior technical advisor and mentor for database technologies. - Participate in project planning, estimation, and technical reviews while effectively communicating with technical and business stakeholders. - Provide after-hours support and participate in on-call rotations as required. Qualifications - Must possess one of the following: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field of study. - Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field of study with a minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible database administration experience. - High school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible database administration experience. - Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible database administration experience. - Minimum of three (3) years of experience supporting mission-critical Microsoft SQL Server environments. - Experience supporting high-availability enterprise systems, database performance tuning, backup and recovery strategies, disaster recovery solutions, and on-premises and cloud-hosted database environments. - Experience with SQL Server Agent, SSIS, SSRS, Always On Availability Groups, Replication, Database Mirroring, and backup/recovery methodologies. - Experience with PowerShell scripting, automation, database monitoring, performance analysis, data modeling, database design, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis. - Advanced Microsoft SQL Server administration and T-SQL programming skills. - Strong project leadership, oral and written communication skills. - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic enterprise environment. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Azure SQL, Azure Managed Instance, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, data warehousing, business intelligence, CI/CD, DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, and automation frameworks. - Microsoft SQL Server and/or Azure certifications. - Experience in highly regulated industries and supporting SOX, PCI, CMMC, DFARS, HIPAA, or similar compliance frameworks. Benefits - The anticipated salary range is $110,000 – $120,000 annually. - Medical, dental, vision, basic life, AD&D, retirement plan and disability insurance. - Eight paid holidays annually, five sick days, and four personal days. - Vacation time offered at an accrual rate of 3.08 hours biweekly; unused vacation is only paid out where required by law.

United States

$110K - $120K / year

Database Administrator

InstantServe LLC

Changing People, Processes & Perceptions.

Database Administrator2 days ago

Full Time Remote Mid LevelTeam 51-200H1B No Sponsor

Role Description The Database Design and Data Management professional is responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and analyzing enterprise databases to ensure data integrity, accessibility, and performance across multiple applications. - Design logical and physical database structures. - Develop, implement, and maintain enterprise and workgroup databases. - Develop stored procedures and optimize database performance. - Perform database backups, recovery, and performance tuning. - Conduct data integration, mapping, and validation. - Collect, organize, and analyze datasets using statistical methods and machine learning tools. - Develop data visualization tools and analytical models to support decision-making. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university. - Preferred coursework in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or Database management. Requirements - Minimum 2 years of full-time paid experience in database design, administration, data analysis, or data management. - Experience with enterprise data systems and distributed information systems.

United States

Database Administrator

University of Miami

Explore your future at the U

Database Administrator3 days ago

Full Time Remote Mid LevelTeam 10,001+Since 1925H1B Sponsor

Role Description The University of Miami Health System (“UHealth”) IT Department has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Database Administrator. The Database Administrator maintains database by identifying and resolving requirements and supports users. The incumbent assumes responsibility for the performance, integrity, and security of applicable database(s). An employee in this position also oversees the planning and development of databases and troubleshoots any issues on behalf of users. - Manages the data dictionary of the enterprise. - Sets standards and controls the necessary infrastructure process associated with the database(s). - Provides troubleshooting and technical system support for the database programming group. - Provides senior technical leadership to database design teams, database programming groups, and IT. - Remains cognizant of the future direction of systems and on how that direction will impact the enterprise. - Serves as a source of documentation and standards to help direct the activities of IT as a whole. - Works closely with other IT groups to coordinate current and future plans and activities. - Provides reports on system problems and solutions and forecasts future utilization and equipment requirements. - Recognizes and identifies potential areas where existing policies and procedures require change or where new ones need to be developed, especially regarding future business expansion. - Makes presentations for local and national user groups. - Publishes articles describing both the enterprise’s activities and assessments of technology. - Collaborates with hardware and software vendors in the assessment of advanced transaction processing and database productions, including beta and field test participation. - Performs at or above the enterprise’s information technology performance standards. - Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. - Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures. Department Specific Functions: - Responsible for design, installation, management, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of database systems. - Develop and assist project managers and directors with the creation of task-level project plans that detail the specific tasks required to deliver a solution. - Develop, test, and implement system changes and upgrades. - Develop, test, and implement database system backup, restore and DR processes. - Document technical designs with charts, diagrams, schemas, and descriptive software component documentation. This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in relevant field. - Minimum 5 years of database administration experience in Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and MySql. - Knowledge of business and management principles. - Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations. - Ability to establish department goals, and objectives that support the strategic plan. - Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others. - Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others. - Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered. Company Description The University of Miami is recognized as one of the nation’s premier research institutions and academic health systems and is among the largest employers in South Florida. With more than 20,000 faculty and staff, the University is committed to excellence and guided by a mission to positively impact the lives of students, patients, and communities locally and globally. We are dedicated to fostering a culture where every individual feels valued and empowered to contribute meaningfully. United by shared values, the University community works together to build an environment defined by purpose, collaboration, and service. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Job Status - Full time Employee Type - Staff

United States

View details: Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator

CoverMyMeds

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category.

Database Administrator3 days ago

Full Time Remote SeniorTeam 1,517Since 2008

Company Site

Role Description CoverMyMeds is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to support and evolve our database platforms as we continue migrating from on-premises infrastructure to Azure. This role focuses on reliable database operations, cloud adoption, automation, and close collaboration with application and platform teams. - Administer and support PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server in Azure and on-prem environments. - Support database migrations from on-prem to Azure, including validation, performance tuning, and post-migration stabilization. - Monitor and troubleshoot database performance and reliability issues using native tools and Datadog. - Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and high availability solutions. - Use and help extend Liquibase for database schema and change management in CI/CD pipelines. - Contribute to database provisioning and configuration through Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices. - Collaborate with application and platform teams supporting Kubernetes-based workloads, ensuring databases integrate reliably with containerized applications. - Automate routine operational tasks using scripting where appropriate. - Follow and contribute to database security, compliance, and documentation standards. - Participate in an on-call rotation for production database support. Qualifications - Degree or equivalent and typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience. - 7+ years of experience as a Database Administrator or similar role. - Strong (5-7 Years) hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and/or SQL Server, including performance tuning and recovery. - 7+ Years experience operating databases in Azure, AWS or GCP. - Working knowledge of Liquibase, Terraform, or similar tooling. - Familiarity with Kubernetes environments and how databases support those workloads. - Experience (5-7 Years) with monitoring/observability tools such as Datadog. - Scripting experience (PowerShell, Python, or similar). - Strong troubleshooting and collaboration skills. Requirements - Experience with cloud migration initiatives. - Exposure to additional database platforms. - Practical use of AI-assisted tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude) for troubleshooting, analysis, or automation. Benefits - Competitive compensation package. - Base Pay Range: $115,500 - $192,500. - Annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

United States

$115.5K - $192.5K / year

Job Closed

Senior Database Administrator

North

Forging the future of payments technology

Database Administrator3 days ago

Full Time Remote SeniorTeam 1,001-5,000H1B Sponsor

View details: Senior Database Administrator

• Provisioning, installation, configuration, operation, maintenance, patching, and general support of database systems • Create and maintain databases and hosts for Production, Development, and various Test environments • Ensure database availability and recoverability meet established Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and guidelines • Rapidly and accurately resolve database issues utilizing all available tools • Continuously monitor and tune database performance • Ensure integrity and availability of all resources, systems, and key processes • Support the Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy and a multi-region active-active setup • Create and assist users in creating Business Intelligence (BI) reporting.

AWS EC2 Linux PostgreSQL RDBMS SQL

United States

$110K - $175K / year