Role Overview:
The Senior Database Administrator is responsible for the strategic leadership, architecture, and operational management of all enterprise database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. This role ensures the reliability, security, performance, and scalability of mission-critical data systems while aligning database services with enterprise technology strategy.
This position oversees complex multi-platform ecosystems including relational, cloud-native, and analytical databases, and will lead both on-shore and off-shore resources in delivering highly available and secure database services.
This position requires strong technical depth combined with leadership capability, governance experience, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, security, infrastructure, and application teams.
Responsibilities Enterprise Database Strategy & Architecture
· Define and drive enterprise database architecture standards, roadmaps, and modernization initiatives.
· Provide technical leadership across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
· Evaluate emerging database technologies and recommend adoption strategies aligned with business objectives.
· Establish best practices for scalability, resiliency, and performance optimization.
Platform Administration & Engineering
· Provide leadership and hands-on expertise across enterprise database platforms including but not limited to:
· Oracle (including Autonomous Database), PostgreSQL, Amazon Redshift, Sybase, IBM DB2, Snowflake, MongoDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and other enterprise database technologies as required.
· Responsibilities include high availability and disaster recovery architecture, performance tuning and capacity planning, patch and lifecycle management, automation and infrastructure-as-code practices, and optimization across OLTP and analytics workloads.
Cloud & Hybrid Database Operations
· Lead database deployments across cloud platforms including AWS RDS, OCI Autonomous Database, and hybrid architectures.
· Develop governance frameworks for cloud database provisioning, cost optimization, and operational controls.
· Partner with Cloud Engineering and DevOps teams to implement automation, CI/CD integration, and platform observability with a heavy emphasis on Infrastructure as Code.
Security, Risk & Compliance
· Ensure database platforms meet enterprise security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
· Collaborate with cybersecurity teams on vulnerability management, encryption standards, and access governance.
· Implement secure configuration baselines and data protection strategies.
Team Leadership & Resource Management
· Lead and mentor both on-shore and off-shore database administration teams.
· Manage vendor relationships and third-party service providers.
· Establish operational procedures, service level objectives, and performance metrics.
· Provide escalation leadership during critical incidents and production events.
Operational Excellence
· Drive automation and standardization of database operations.
· Develop monitoring, alerting, and proactive maintenance practices.
· Improve reliability through continuous improvement initiatives.
· Support enterprise programs including cloud migrations, platform upgrades, and data center transitions.
Required Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
· 10+ years of progressive database administration experience in enterprise environments.
· Demonstrated expertise across multiple database platforms (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake, MongoDB, DB2, Redshift, etc.).
· Proven experience managing hybrid cloud and on-prem database deployments.
· Experience leading distributed technical teams including offshore resources.
· Strategic thinker with strong execution capability
· Ability to balance governance with engineering innovation
· Strong incident leadership and crisis management experience
· Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, and enterprise security practices.
Preferred Qualifications
· Experience with Autonomous Database, AWS RDS, or large-scale cloud-native data platforms.
· Background in IaC and CI/CD automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, or similar).
· Experience supporting mission-critical or regulated environments.
· Knowledge of data warehousing, analytics platforms, and modern data engineering patterns.
Education Qualification
Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (equivalent experience acceptable).
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