Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator (multiple openings)

Date Posted:
March 4, 2026

Job Location:

2603 Camino Ramon, Suite 200, San Ramon, CA 94583 (& allows telecommuting)

With a high level of independent decision making authority and minimum supervision, the Senior Database Administrator will be responsible for the following job duties.

• Administer and optimize Oracle, SQL Server, and Postgres databases in multi-cloud environments, ensuring seamless integration with AWS, GCP, and Azure services.
• Provide expert guidance on database architecture, storage, partitioning, and high‑availability configurations (RAC and Data Guard).
• Oversee "Day 2" operations, including advanced performance tuning, proactive monitoring, database patching, backup and recovery strategies, and security hardening.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex database issues, ensuring root cause analysis and timely resolution.
• Stay updated on emergency database technologies, cloud‑native tools, and Oracle advancements to recommend modern solutions to clients.
• Implement and maintain high availability (HA) and disaster recover (DR) setups, such as Oracle Data Guard and Golden Gate replication, across cloud platforms.
• Perform capacity planning, resource allocation, and optimization to maintain database scalability and cost efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with security standards, enforcing database encryption, auditing, and user privilege management.
• Lead large‑scale database migration projects, including on‑prem to cloud and inter‑cloud migrations, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
• Develop detailed migration plans, leveraging tools like RMAN, Oracle Data Pump, Data Guard, and Golden Gate for secure and efficient transitions.
• Train and mentor junior DBAs, enabling skill development and ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Represent client requirements internally to engineering and product teams, ensuring alignment with technical priorities.

This position allows telecommuting from the U.S.

This position requires a U.S. bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent in CS, IT, CE, or closely related, and five (5) years of progressive professional experience as a Database Administrator or closely related occupation.

• Database Migration tools and methodologies: RMAN, Data Pump, Oracle Data Guard, and Golden Gate.
• AWS and Azure database services, including RDS, EC2‑based database hosting, and Azure SQL Managed Instances.
• Shell scripting (Bash, Python, and Ansible).
• Monitoring tools (OEM, Cloud Watch).

Salary: $152,110- $155,000 per year;
Full Time

Contact:
Kamaldeep Khanuja, Co-Founder, kamaldeep.