Senior Database Administrator; DBA

Position Summary

Senior Database Administrator (DBA) is a hands‑on role primarily responsible for the management and implementation of the Bank’s SQL database environment, including administration, change control, and business continuity. This senior level role is one of two on the team, sharing responsibility for this functional area and must have the ability to be self‑guided with minimal supervision, while supporting the Bank’s strategic projects.

This role is primarily an operational support role, handling daily tasks and also supporting various projects requiring a database environment and must be familiar with supporting and building database environments in the AWS cloud.

As supporting skillsets, the abilities to collaborate and communicate well, take accountability, and the desire to aim high, while positively engaging and contributing within a team environment is essential to support the Bank Technology’s vision; “Enabling the Bank’s mission by delivering agile, secure, cost‑efficient information technology solutions.”

This role will have a hybrid work schedule in our Boston office in accordance with the Bank’s Hybrid Work Program. More time will be expected in the office to support onboarding initially. This role will have schedule flexibility during the Bank's core business hours given the database support work that will need to happen during evenings and weekends.

This position is classified as sensitive and is subject to a credit check.

The anticipated base pay range for this role is $98k - $161k.

This role is based in Boston with weekly in‑office expectations. The base pay posted represents the annual base pay range or hourly wage range that we expect to offer for this job opportunity. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including relevant experience, required skills and other relevant factors. The range noted here is not indicative of all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.

All Bank full‑time positions are eligible to participate in our annual incentive program and our robust total rewards offerings, in addition to the base pay.

For more information, visit Careers - FHLBank Boston.

• Accountability and ownership of the Bank’s AWS database environments, including administration, change control, database restores and design.
• Must be adept with writing SQL queries, optimization of databases, storage and performance.
• As the Bank begins to leverage Microsoft Fabric as a new cloud‑based data platform, having the skillset to support Fabric, with its data warehousing and analytics capabilities will be necessary.
• Participate in managing vendor relationships, contracts, invoicing and renewal processes for all aspects of the database environment, equipment and applications.
• Ensures that daily validation of the Bank’s database environment and supporting jobs and tasks are completed.
• Ensure day‑to‑day work requests and tasks are organized, prioritized and completed.
• Proactively strives to gain an understanding of the Bank’s databases and database architectural environment.
• Conducts all work within the confines of the Bank’s policies and standards.
• Reports task and assignment progress to management and project managers.
• Periodic off‑hours and weekend work supporting production systems as well as patching and maintenance is expected.
• Provide detailed, professional technical documentation.
• Other duties, as assigned.

• Ability to implement and support SQL databases in the AWS cloud according to best practice.
• Have a basic understanding of how to create, manage, and optimize Fabric Lakehouse and Warehouse, including table structures, data ingestion, and storage organization. Training will be provided if necessary.
• Ability to write and optimize SQL queries in Microsoft Fabric, monitor query performance, and troubleshoot bottlenecks using Fabric monitoring tools. Training will be provided if necessary.
• Demonstrate strong critical thinking skills for complex problem resolution as well as excellent organizational and prioritization skills.
• Strong technical documentation skills.
• Effectively…