Database Administrator

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Database Admin, Architect, Model Database Administrator San Francisco, CA Posted:7/28/2026

Job Description Job #: 64456 Job Category:
Database Admin, Architect, Model Position Type:
Contract Duration:
Long Term Remaining Positions: 1
Details:
Stefanini Group is hiring!
Stefanini is looking for
Database Administrator
-Remote (Some Travel will be required) We are seeking a Database Administrator to serve as the database expert across more than seven agile delivery teams. This role designs, installs, maintains and upgrades databases in production and non-production environments. Provides technical expertise in the use of database technology and is accountable for the overall performance of the enterprise's database environment.
Responsibilities:

• Plans and organizes database activities regarding reliability, performance monitoring and tuning, security, backup and disaster recovery
• Codes, edits, and installs stored procedures and functions for accessing, maintaining, and populating databases
• Troubleshoots and resolves applications (ex., SQL, Sql Server, Amazon RDS) performance issues
• Monitors, analyzes database performance and calibrates parameters tuning for optimal performance
• Performs upgrades of databases, adding new structures or elements
• This position may occasionally require additional time beyond our normal working hours of Monday - Friday 8am to 8pm.

• Administers and optimizes data mesh infrastructure across multiple domains, ensuring domain-agnostic platform services maintain high availability and performance while optimizing for cost
• Manages Databricks Unity Catalog configurations for multi-workspace data sharing, including metastore federation, catalog hierarchies, and cross-workspace access patterns
• Implements and maintains data federation strategies connecting cloud-native storage with on-premises data sources through Starburst and other query engines
• Automates data migrations and ingestions
• Works with governance team to establish and enforce data governance policies within Unity Catalog, including fine-grained access controls, data lineage tracking, and compliance requirements
• Optimizes storage gateway ingestion pipelines for reliability, throughput, and cost-efficiency
• Collaborates with data domain owners to enable self-service data access while maintaining centralized platform standards
• Documents database architectures, data flows, and federation patterns to enable knowledge transfer across the organization
• Assures that appropriate information security is applied in all tasks
• Develops and maintains enterprise data documentation and technical metadata
• Monitors utilization for capacity planning
• Maintains development, production, and multiple testing environments
• Troubleshoots database accessibility, availability, and/or operability problems
• Determines the appropriate course of actions for fixing problems, identifies and mitigates risks, and implements solutions

• Professional Level: 3+ years as a database administrator
• Senior Level: 6+ years as a database administrator

• Amazon RDS, DMS, and SQL Server
• Databricks Unity Catalog administration (metastores, catalogs, schemas, external locations)
• Starburst/Trino query federation and connector configuration
• Data mesh architectural principles and domain-oriented data ownership models
• Cloud-native storage patterns (S3, ADLS, or equivalent) and storage gateway technologies
• Hybrid cloud/on-premises data federation and connectivity
• Delta Lake or similar lakehouse storage formats
• IAM and identity federation for cloud data platforms (AWS IAM, Azure AD, etc.)
• Data lineage and metadata management tools
• Infrastructure-as-Code for database provisioning (Terraform, Cloud Formation, etc.)
• DMS, REST APIs and programmatic database administration
• Disaster recovery for databases

• Superior communication skills - both written and verbal, with ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels
• Analytical and problem-solving skills - quickly assess situations and drive to resolution
• Detail-oriented with process discipline - ensuring nothing falls through the cracks
• Calm under pressure - ability to make sound decisions during high-stakes production deployments
• Self-motivated and proactive - identifying issues before they become problems
• Customer service orientation - supporting development teams and stakeholders professionally
• Knowledge sharing and mentoring - ability to educate cross-functional teams on platform capabilities and best practices without formal reporting relationships
• Adaptability across technology stacks - comfortable navigating both cloud-native and legacy on-premises environments
• Strategic thinking - balancing immediate operational needs with long-term platform scalability
• Collaboration across organizational boundaries - working effectively with domain teams in a decentralized data mesh model
• Documentation excellence - creating clear, comprehensive technical…