LEAD DBA CONSULTANT

Job Title :LEAD DBA CONSULTANT
Job Type :C2C/1099 Contract
Bill Rate:$70/hr on c2c
Location:Virginia City, NV, USA
Work Authorization: US-Citizen, H-1B, OPT-EAD, GC-EAD

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).
• 12+ 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.
  
  Equal Opportunity Employer : We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law .