Database Administrator

Database Administrator

Hybrid position based in Orlando, FL. The Database Administrator (DBA) owns the reliability, performance, security, and recoverability of our database platforms, while also supporting data integration and pipeline operations across the organization. This role bridges traditional database administration with modern data integration practices, ensuring that data flows between systems are secure, reliable, and auditable.

• Manage production and non-production databases (availability, performance, patching, upgrades)
• Establish and maintain operational standards, runbooks, and documentation
• Ensure system stability and uptime for critical business systems
• Partner with application, cloud infrastructure, and security teams to support complex, high availability systems and application releases
• Provide after-hours support for planned and unplanned maintenance

• Ensure backups are reliable and meet retention requirements
• Perform and document regular restore testing
• Maintain and improve HA/DR solutions (replication, failover, clustering)
• Support DR exercises and maintain recovery procedures

• Monitor database performance and proactively resolve issues
• Tune queries, indexing strategies, and schema design
• Implement observability and alerting strategies to proactively identify performance issues
• Partner with engineering teams on release performance and scaling
• Design, implement, and support data integration workflows across systems
• Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for ingestion and transformation
• Administer and support Apache NiFi (preferred) or similar tools
• Ensure pipelines are monitored, secure, reliable, and auditable
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and optimize throughput and latency

• Implement least-privilege access controls and audit logging
• Manage service accounts, secrets, and credential rotation
• Ensure adherence to data security and governance standards
• Automate routine DBA and pipeline tasks
• Improve reliability and reduce manual operations
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and operational playbooks
• Support modernization efforts (cloud, observability, automation)
• Action Orientated
• Functional Skills
• Situational Adaptability
• Communicates Effectively
• Nimble Learning

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or acceptable combination of equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a DBA or similar role
• Strong database experience (SQL Server, Postgre
  
  SQL, or MySQL)
• Expertise in backup/restore and disaster recovery
• Strong performance tuning and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with ETL/ELT or data integration pipelines
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills
• Scripting experience (Power Shell, Python, or Bash)
• Strong documentation and operational discipline

• Experience with Apache NiFi or similar data orchestration tools
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS RDS, Azure SQL)
• Familiarity with APIs, messaging systems, or streaming platforms
• Experience in regulated/financial environments
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holiday Pay
• Healthcare Benefits
• 401K Plan - CXI will match up to 5%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short & Long-Term Disability

Currency Exchange International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, any other non‑merit based factor or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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