
Multi-Cloud Lead SQL/Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)
- Austin, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provision, configure, and maintain SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle DB instances in AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL Database, GCP Cloud SQL/AlloyDB, OCI Autonomous Database and Exadata.
- Design and implement high-availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions (e.g., multi-AZ, failover groups, cross-region replication).
- Perform database backup, restore, patching, and upgrade operations across all cloud platforms.
- Monitor and tune database performance using cloud-native monitoring tools and traditional database performance tools.
- Create Linked Servers to SQL Servers and other databases such as Oracle, Access, Informix etc.
- Ensure all key databases have deep insight monitoring enabled to enable improved capabilities around fault detection
- Manage and optimize cloud-native object databases:
- AWS DynamoDB
- Azure Cosmos DB
- Google Cloud Firestore / Bigtable
- Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service
- Implement best practices for partitioning, indexing, throughput provisioning, and capacity management.
- Establish lifecycle management policies for object data, backup strategies, and encryption.
- Automate database provisioning and configuration using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM/Bicep templates, GCP Deployment Manager, and OCI Resource Manager.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for database schema changes using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Cloud Build.
- Enforce database security policies, encryption (at rest and in transit), and access controls via IAM roles/policies across all clouds.
- Support audits by ensuring logging, alerting, and compliance with industry standards (HIPAA, PCI, SOC2).
- Work closely with cloud engineers, DevOps teams, data analysts, and application developers to support development and production environments.
- Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems.
- Assist the support staff to troubleshoot Oracle, SQL and any other database errors.
- Strong expertise in managing SQL Server databases with full managed services, including database backup/restore, HA, DR, patching, tuning, maintanance, security, networking, optimization, troubleshooting, ETL, monitoring
- Be able to build up and manage PaaS databases in AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI in SQL databases
- Participating in DR (Disaster Recovery)/COB (Continuity of Business) plans
- Document all database configurations, processes, and policies.
- Primary: SQL
- Secondary: Oracle, Exadata
- 10+ years of experience as a SQL DBA in enterprise environments.
- 4+ years of experience as an Oracle DBA
- 3+ years of hands-on experience managing SQL databases in AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.
- Strong experience with AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL Database, GCP Cloud SQL/AlloyDB, and OCI Autonomous Database.
- Working knowledge of DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, Firestore/Bigtable, Oracle NoSQL Database.
- Proficiency in writing and optimizing SQL queries, stored procedures, and triggers.
- Solid understanding of cloud security principles, IAM, and encryption mechanisms.
- Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices.
- MCTS, MCITP and advanced SQL Server certifications
- Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or Oracle Certified Expert (OCE) credentials is a plus
- Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Database Specialty, Azure Database Administrator Associate, Google Professional Cloud Database Engineer, OCI Database Cloud Professional).
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other message queuing systems.
- Knowledge of DataOps practices and database CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and database operators (e.g., AWS RDS Operator, Azure Arc Data Services).