Database Administrator
Job Description
Role Description This full-time, on-site Database Administrator role is based in the San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area. The Database Administrator will manage and maintain production and development databases, ensuring high availability, performance, and security. Day-to-day responsibilities include monitoring database health, performing backups and recovery, managing user access and permissions, and troubleshooting issues related to data integrity and system performance. The role also involves designing and optimizing database structures, setting up and managing replication, implementing best practices for indexing and queries, and collaborating with application developers and IT teams to support new projects and enhancements. The Database Administrator will document procedures, participate in audits and compliance activities, and contribute to continuous improvement of database standards and processes.
Qualifications
- Strong database administration skills, including Databases and Database Administration for production and development environments.
- Experience with Database Design and optimization, including schema design, indexing strategies, and query performance tuning.
- Proficiency in Troubleshooting database issues, performance bottlenecks, and connectivity or configuration problems.
- Hands-on experience with Replication and high-availability solutions, backup and recovery strategies, and disaster recovery planning.
- Working knowledge of at least one major RDBMS (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and familiarity with SQL scripting.
- Understanding of database security, access control, and compliance requirements; ability to follow and improve security best practices.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with monitoring tools, automation scripts, and cloud or virtualized environments is beneficial.
??? people applied to this job
Over the last year, unemployment was lowest in legal jobs (1.5%) and highest in farming, fishing and forestry jobs (8.7%). For all workers it was 4.3%. Compare kinds of work →
View Similar Jobs
Similar jobs which you may be interested in. Typically using your existing skillset.
$100,000 - $150,000/Mo
2 years ago
Site Reliability Engineer
Team Remotely Inc.San Diego, USA
Site Reliability
Engineer
Infrastructure Maintenance
$100,000 - $150,000/Mo
2 years ago
Junior Site Reliability Engineer
Patterned Learning Career.San Diego, USA
Site Reliability
Engineering
Junior
$60,000 - $90,000/Mo
2 years ago
Site Reliability Engineer
Phoenix Recruitment.San Diego, USA
Site Reliability Engineer
DevOps
System Administrator
$95,000 - $160,000/Mo
2 years ago
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
2K.San Diego, USA
Site Reliability Engineering
Staff Engineer
Infrastructure Operations
$90,000 - $130,000/Mo
2 years ago
$90,000 - $150,000/Mo
2 years ago
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer
Veza.San Diego, USA
Site Reliability Engineer
Senior Engineer
Systems Architect
$120,000 - $160,000/Mo
2 years ago
Senior AWS Cloud & Site Reliability Engineer
INFY8.COM.San Diego, USA
AWS Expert
Cloud Infrastructure Specialist
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
$120,000 - $160,000/Mo
2 years ago
$110,000 - $150,000/Mo
2 years ago
Senior Systems Administrator
Ingenta.San Diego, USA
Systems Administration
IT Management
Network Infrastructure
$80,000 - $120,000/Mo
2 years ago