Senior Database Administrator

Cox Enterprises

Senior Database Administrator at Cox Automotive, supporting AWS migrations and managing enterprise SQL Server databases. Overseeing performance, reliability, and high availability solutions.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeLong Island • Kansas, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $121,800 - $203,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudMS SQL ServerSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support multiple product teams across Dealer Solutions and play a key role in cloud migration initiatives
Manage, optimize, and re-architect the current on-premises database environment
Stabilize and remediate the existing database infrastructure, then design and execute a phased migration to AWS
Manage and support enterprise-scale Microsoft SQL Server environments, including databases in the 10+ terabyte range
Lead and participate in SQL Server upgrades, version migrations, patching, and maintenance efforts with minimal disruption to business-critical applications
Design, implement, and maintain high-availability and disaster recovery solutions
Monitor and optimize database performance, availability, and reliability
Perform and validate database backup, recovery, and maintenance activities
Develop automation using PowerShell, T-SQL, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code
Support enterprise monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years’ experience in a related field
A master’s degree and 2 years’ experience or a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 8 years’ experience in a related field may also be acceptable
Requires 2+ years of AWS database migration experience
Requires 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)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
Retirement planning (401(k))
Paid time off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)
Vacation with pay
Seven paid holidays
Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for themselves or family members
Additional paid time off (bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave)

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSMicrosoft SQL ServerT-SQLPowerShellCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure as Codedatabase migrationhigh-availability solutionsdisaster recoverydatabase performance optimization

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationorganizational skills