Senior Database Administrator

October 22

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Custom software development • Web & Mobile apps development • HIPAA compliant solutions for healthcare • Saas development • BI reporting & dashboards

51 - 200 employees

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🔒 Cybersecurity

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Description

• We are 2am.tech, a team of builders and problem solvers who share a core belief of delivering excellence. • This value has bred a company culture of providing solutions and products that exceed expectations every time. • Join us on the mission of reinventing businesses through groundbreaking software solutions. • At 2am.tech, we celebrate autonomy and provide a nurturing space for you to unleash your potential. • However, to fully embrace 2am.tech culture, it is necessary to cherish our core values. • Are you a trustworthy and honest person? Are you willing to constantly expand your knowledge? Are you dedicated, innovative, and result-oriented? If the answer is yes, we would like to meet you!

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years experience working as a DBA, with experience in operational and production environments, ideally at least 2 different companies. • Demonstrable hands-on experience with AWS and Aurora MySQL. • Experience in performance tuning and optimization (PTO), using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools. • Hands-on experience in managing high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) options for databases, such as replication, failover clusters, and backups. • Hands-on experience in database security, including user access management, encryption, and auditing practices. • Ability to collaborate directly with developers and system administrators to ensure database best practices in application development and production operations. • Hands-on experience with monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus) for ensuring database health, and identifying and addressing bottlenecks. • Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automating database tasks and writing utilities to support DBA functions. • Knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, and Scrum processes, including incident tracking, documentation, and participation in team ceremonies. • Ability to conduct database reviews, mentor junior DBAs, and contribute to improving database management processes. • Must be available and online during core business hours until 12 PM CST / 1 PM EST to provide support and respond to incidents. • Experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) to automate routine database tasks and deployments is a plus. • AWS certifications are a plus. • Knowledge of Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redshift, ElasticSearch, and Redis is a plus. • Fluent in English.