Senior Database Administrator – Hybrid

Atlantic Union Bank

. Administer, monitor, and maintain MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL database environments across development, QA, and production .

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRichmond • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $90,179 - $150,557 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudETLMS SQL ServerPostgresPythonSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Administer, monitor, and maintain MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL database environments across development, QA, and production
Manage and optimize query performance through index tuning, execution plan analysis, statistics management, and query rewrites
Implement and maintain database security, including role-based access control, auditing, and encryption
Design, implement, and maintain High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions
Collaborate with application and data engineering teams on schema design, data modeling, and database object development
Support cloud readiness initiatives and execute database migrations to cloud platforms
Develop Python-based data pipeline solutions and automate DBA tasks

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
10+ years of experience in information technology, preferably within financial services or another highly regulated industry
7+ years of hands-on database administration experience with MS SQL Server as the primary platform
3+ years of PostgreSQL administration and development experience
3+ years of Python development experience focused on data pipelines and ETL
3+ years of experience working within an Agile environment
Demonstrated experience with HA/DR technologies including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, and PostgreSQL replication
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform or equivalent) and CI/CD pipeline participation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits package
Participation in incentive compensation plan or discretionary profit-sharing bonus program

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Hard Skills & Tools

MS SQL ServerPostgreSQLquery performance optimizationindex tuningexecution plan analysisdatabase securityHigh Availability solutionsDisaster Recovery solutionsPythonETL

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsteamwork