Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Skills
Amazon RDS
Amazon Web Services
SQL
PostgreSQL
Database
Job Details
Job Title: Senior Database Administrator SQL Server & AWS RDS/Aurora
Location: Baltimore, MD
Experience Level: Senior (10+ Years)
Job Description:
We are seeking a Senior Database Administrator with deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and AWS RDS/Aurora (SQL Server & PostgreSQL). This role involves managing both on-premises and cloud-based databases, ensuring performance, security, high availability, and scalability. You'll collaborate with development and infrastructure teams, and play a key role in automating and optimizing our database operations.
Responsibilities:
- Administer and maintain Microsoft SQL Server (2016+) databases (on-prem and cloud).
- Manage AWS RDS and Aurora instances (SQL Server & PostgreSQL).
- Implement backup strategies and disaster recovery plans.
- Tune SQL queries, optimize indexes, and manage performance.
- Handle security: user roles, permissions, and audits.
- Upgrade, patch, and migrate databases with minimal downtime.
- Work with dev/data teams on schema design and deployment.
- Automate tasks using T-SQL, PowerShell, AWS CLI/SDKs.
- Support CI/CD processes with DB provisioning and schema changes.
- Maintain documentation for systems and procedures.
Required Skills:
- 10+ years in SQL Server database administration (2016+).
- 2+ years managing AWS RDS/Aurora (SQL Server & PostgreSQL).
- Strong SQL performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.
- Experience with replication, clustering, Always On, or Aurora Multi-AZ.
- Familiar with PostgreSQL administration in AWS.
- Proficient in T-SQL, PowerShell, scripting/automation.
- Knowledge of Amazon CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar tools.
- Understanding of IAM, KMS encryption, and cloud DB security.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
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