Cloud Database Administrator – Buffalo/WNY Region

AAA Western and Central New York

Cloud Database Administrator managing Azure Databricks workspaces and ensuring performance for AAA Western and Central New York. Collaborating to enhance data management and security protocols.

Posted 6/8/2026full-timeWilliamsville • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $79,351 - $93,355 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftAzureCloudETLSQLTableauUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Administer Azure Databricks workspaces, clusters, pools, permissions, and configurations
Implement governance, access controls, secrets management, and workspace policies
Ensure cost-efficient compute usage through autoscaling, cluster policies, and monitoring
Monitor performance of Databricks jobs, SQL warehouses, and underlying storage
Proactively tune clusters, SQL environments, and pipelines to ensure high availability
Maintain observability through monitoring platforms, SQL Server, Databricks Metrics, and alerting
Resolve data platform issues related to cluster performance, job failures, permissions, or integration points
Collaborate with data engineering and development teams to troubleshoot environment-level issues
Implement platform-wide security standards: SQL roles, Azure RBAC, network rules, Unity Catalog privileges
Support compliance and governance across cloud data services and SQL Server environments
Diagnose and resolve database-related issues, working closely with the IT team to troubleshoot and minimize disruptions
Maintain documentation of environments, policies, network architecture, data access patterns, and cluster standards

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field
Demonstrable competency with backups, restores, and recovery models
Knowledge of cloud compute and networking concepts (VNet integration, private endpoints, firewall rules)
Strong time-management/organizational, interpersonal, & communication skills
Demonstrated curiosity and a strong desire to learn and adopt new technologies
Critical thinker and adept problem-solving skills while maintaining a team focused/collaborative mindset
Ability to follow established standards and contribute to continuous improvement
Clear written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative team approach
Experience with SQL Server, SQL Agent jobs, SQL table and index maintenance, performance monitoring, and management
Experience with Cloud data platforms, such as Azure Data Lake, Azure Databricks, Snowflake, RedShift
Experience with cloud computing, Infrastructure-as-a-service, and cloud networking concepts.
Experience with monitoring and observabilities tools such as SolarWinds and Azure Monitor
Understanding of data ingestion and transformation (ETL/ELT) concepts and data lifecycle
Experience with Data analytics platforms such as PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik

Benefits

Comp & perks

health and dental insurance
401(k) plan with competitive match
fully paid group life insurance
short- and long-term disability insurance
travel discounts
free AAA membership
flexible work schedules
health spending accounts with company contribution
flexible spending accounts
paid time off
tuition reimbursement
company-paid training programs
paid volunteer time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Azure DatabricksSQL ServerETLELTSQLData LakeSnowflakeRedShiftperformance monitoringdata ingestion

Soft Skills

time-managementorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillscommunication skillscritical thinkingproblem-solvingcollaborative mindsetcuriositydesire to learncontinuous improvement

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Information Technology