Senior Database Administrator

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As a Senior Database Administrator, you will provide services for databases that support the customer's production applications, software development, and application maintenance projects.

• Provide database administration to RDS MySQL and PostgreSQL databases engines within the AWS Cloud environment.
• Install, configure, and maintain database instances, including managing RDS Parameter Groups, Option Groups and coordinating engine version upgrades/patches.
• Manage database security and user permissions and privileges in accordance with application/database requirements including IAM Database authentication, VPC security groups and user permissions/privileges.
• Develop and/or maintain database objects (tables, views, indexes) and optimize Vacuum (Postgres) or Buffer Pool (MySQL) settings.
• Monitor and optimize database performance and tuning
• Manage and ensure compliance with database backup strategies
• Customer support to database and associated application development team, owners, and user stakeholders
• Maintain Database Lifecycle Management processes detailed by customer specifications
• Provide impact information on proposed changes to application and it's database structure
• Provide schedule and resource requirements to stakeholders concerning proposed changes to the application and associated database
• Provide sizing recommendations for any new databases or changes to existing databases, including user/data growth projection and the impact on the server memory and performance characteristics
• Participate in meetings with Solution Delivery Service staff and stakeholders
• Work with other database administrators to ensure optimal efficiency and optimization of databases, server clusters, replications, back-up strategies, and database services to customer and its customers.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other IT degree;
  Engineering, math, and/or science degrees are acceptable substitute degrees
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience
• Expertise in MySQL (v5.7, 8.0) and/or PostgreSQL (v12-16) administration in an enterprise environment
• Significant experience with Amazon RDS or Aurora managed services.
• Deep understanding of Linux-based database environments and open-source database internals.
• Experience in Database Lifecycle Management (DLM)
• Experience in Data Scrubbing, Data Masking, Data Compare and Review.
• Experience in improving Database user / systems authentication robustness.
• AWS and/or Azure experience
• Relevant certification
• The ability to successfully obtain and maintain a U.S. Suitability/Public Trust Background Clearance

• Experience:
  • Operating in traditional and agile project models
  • Experience with PostgreSQL extensions (e.g., PostGIS, _statements) or MySQL storage engines.
  • Knowledge of High Availability architectures (RDS Multi-AZ) and Global Databases.
  • Setup and maintenance of AWS KMS encryption at rest and SSL/TLS in transit.
  • Proficiency with AWS DMS (Database Migration Service) and Schema Conversion Tool (SCT).
• Dev Ops toolchain services (GIT, Ansible Tower, Artifactory, Jenkins)
• Amazon Web Services familiarity (EC2, RDS, S3, Migration Services)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

The proposed salary range for this role is $150,000 to $165,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. Karsun considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work…