Sr Database Administrator

Job Overview

Company Cox Automotive - USAJob Family:
Group Information Technology Job Profile:
Database Sr Administrator Management Level: Individual Contributor Work Style:
Flexible, Hybrid (remote part of the week)
Compensation:
Base salary range of $ – $. Additional incentive program may be offered.

The Senior Database Administrator will support multiple product teams across Dealer Solutions and play a key role in managed and optimized enterprise database systems cloud migration initiatives. This role will be responsible for managing, optimizing, and re‑architecting the current on‑premises database environment and designing a safe, phased migration to AWS, bridging the gap between the aging monolithic on‑premises infrastructure and a future‑state scalable, cost‑efficient, cloud‑native platform.

• Manage and support enterprise‑scale Microsoft SQL Server environments, including databases in the 10+ terabyte range across development, QA, and production.
• Lead and participate in SQL Server upgrades, version migrations, patching, and maintenance with minimal disruption to business‑critical applications.
• Design, implement, and maintain high‑availability and disaster recovery solutions, particularly Always On Availability Groups.
• Monitor and optimize database performance, availability, and reliability, including tuning queries, indexes, and stored procedures.
• Perform and validate database backup, recovery, and maintenance activities to ensure data integrity and operational continuity.
• Utilize advanced SQL Server administration options such as trace flags, database options, and query hints.
• Develop automation using Power Shell, T‑SQL, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Support enterprise monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions tailored to SQL Server health, availability, and performance metrics.
• Establish operational standards, runbooks, and incident response procedures.
• Provide expertise in SQL Server replication across multiple databases; troubleshoot replication latency, distribution bottlenecks, and data consistency issues.
• Diagnose and resolve complex database issues related to performance, connectivity, storage, security, and application integration.
• Collaborate with software engineering, Dev Ops, infrastructure, product, and security teams to support business‑critical applications and modernization efforts.
• Contribute to the planning and execution of database migration and cloud transformation initiatives, focusing on migrating to AWS (RDS for SQL Server, EC2‑hosted SQL Server).
• Implement database security best practices, including user access management, encryption, auditing, and compliance controls.
• Create and maintain automation scripts, monitoring solutions, operational procedures, and technical documentation.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years’ experience in a related field. Alternative combinations may be accepted (e.g., master’s degree and 2 years, Ph.D. and up to 1 year, or 8 years of experience).
• 2+ years of AWS database migration experience.
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server database platform in the 10+ terabyte range.
• Strong hands‑on experience with SQL Server replication, including troubleshooting latency and consistency issues.
• Demonstrated experience with SQL Server upgrades, migrations, and patching across multiple environments.
• Solid understanding of Windows Server administration as it relates to SQL Server hosting and configuration.
• Proven experience with SQL Server clustering and high‑availability solutions (e.g., failover clustering).

• Nice to have experience in Atlas MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

To be employed in this role, a pre‑employment drug test is…