The Technical Lead - Database Administrator, multi-team engineering organization where individual teams own their applications, and the DBA function provides shared operational expertise, performance guidance, and platform stewardship. They will partner closely with DevOps and engineering teams to ensure database reliability, observability, and sound operational practices, while serving as a subject matter expert.
This is a highly hands-on role with direct impact in a relatively flat organization. The DBA is expected to identify issues, diagnose root causes, and implement improvements end-to-end without heavy handoffs or approval layers. The focus is on keeping database platforms healthy, performant, secure, and scalable, while engaging early in design and development to guide data modeling and database usage. The environment primarily runs on AWS RDS, with a significant SQL Server footprint and a growing PostgreSQL workload. Day-to-day work centers on performance analysis, query optimization, and operational troubleshooting, with a strong emphasis on proactive improvement.
Apply if you’re excited to:
Own database operations and support for SQL Server and PostgreSQL in a large, multi-team environmentPartner with DevOps and engineering teams to improve database reliability, observability, and operationsTune schemas, indexes, and queries to support evolving application workloadsDiagnose and resolve performance issues, including slow queries, execution plans, locking, and resource contentionMonitor database health and implement improvements before issues reach production
About You:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience5+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise database administration, providing support for production SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments.Demonstrated ownership of database performance, reliability, and operational troubleshooting in live production systemsExperience operating databases on AWS RDS, including upgrades, patching, backups, maintenance windows, and service constraints.Strong working knowledge of query execution, indexing strategies, and performance diagnostics across SQL Server and PostgreSQL.Proven ability to own database changes end-to-end, from analysis and implementation through validation and rollback.Experience partnering closely with DevOps and application engineering teams to support and improve production systems.Clear, pragmatic communicator able to explain tradeoffs, risks, and operational impact to technical stakeholders