Database Administrator; Chicago, IL

Interested in joining a growing company where you will work with talented colleagues, enhance a supportive and energetic culture, and be part of the climate solution? At Energy Solutions, we focus on the big impacts. And we believe that market-based programs can be a powerful force to deliver large-scale energy, carbon, and water‑use savings. Since 1995, we've harnessed that power to offer proven, performance‑based solutions for our utility, government, and institutional customers.

ES is currently seeking a powerhouse Database Administrator to join our fast‑paced Information Systems Team. In this role, you won't just be managing databases; you'll be the ultimate guardian of our data's performance, security, availability, and governance, while directly fueling the insights that drive our business forward.

This position is vital for ensuring the security, reliability, and high availability of our database environments. Working cross‑functionally with Development, QA, and Operations, you will implement operational best practices, streamline deployment pipelines, and maintain proactive monitoring across all environments.

In addition, in this role, you will lead data analysis efforts to deliver trusted, actionable insights across the organization. By developing and maintaining sophisticated Power BI dashboards and reports, you will directly support strategic decision‑making within our engineering, operations, and business teams.

This is a hybrid work opportunity. ES has offices in Oakland, CA;
Orange, CA;
New York, NY;
Portland, OR;
Chicago, IL; and Boston, MA.

• Manage, maintain, and optimize company databases for performance, reliability, security, and scalability
• Perform database administration tasks (primarily relational, with exposure to No
  
  SQL)
• Create and manage database users, roles, and permissions to ensure proper access controls
• Monitor database performance and troubleshoot bottlenecks, capacity constraints, and indexing issues
• Evaluate and tune queries, indexes, and configurations to optimize database performance
• Implement and maintain data security controls, including encryption, auditing, and compliance measures
• Establish and enforce data governance policies and procedures across the organization
• Document database administration procedures, security protocols, and governance frameworks
• Ensure data integrity and availability through robust backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies
• Perform data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights supporting business decision‑making
• Design and implement logical data models that inform physical design and scalable architecture
• Build usable datasets that expand access to self‑service analytics and improve decision‑making
• Write maintainable, testable, efficient code that is clear to engineers unfamiliar with the system

• Bachelor's degree in any field or equivalent experience required
• 5 years of experience in a database administration (DBA) role or equivalent
• Experience managing production database environments for reliability, performance tuning, access control, and security
• Experience partnering with Development/QA/Operations to support deployments, environment health, and incident response
• Experience building or maintaining dashboards/reports (Power BI and/or Tableau) and performing structured data analysis for business users
• Expertise with relational databases (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, SQL Server) including schema design considerations, query tuning, and index strategy
• Strong skills in database monitoring, profiling, and troubleshooting (capacity, bottlenecks, query performance, indexing)
• Working knowledge of database security and access controls, including roles/permissions, auditing, and encryption concepts
• Experience with backup/recovery concepts and supporting disaster recovery preparedness (validation, documentation, restoration readiness)
• Familiarity with scripting (Python, Bash) for automation and operational tooling
• Experience supporting data governance practices (e.g., lineage, security, quality, governance)
• Ability to translate business needs into analytical deliverables (datasets, reports, dashboards) and…