Senior Cloud Database Administrator

EverCommerce

Senior Cloud Database Administrator managing production databases for healthcare SaaS company DrChrono. Working with AWS-hosted MariaDB to ensure performance, reliability, and security.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $120,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudMariaDBRedis

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage Production Database Systems
Administer and support DrChrono’s cloud database environments in AWS
Manage MariaDB on AWS RDS, including replica sets, replication health, backups, restores, configuration, and failover readiness
Use Bytebase to help administer database access, changes, and workflows
Participate in database-related production support, incident response, and RCAs
Support backup, restore, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices
Lead hands-on troubleshooting of database performance issues in production
Analyze slow queries, locking, replication lag, indexing, connection behavior, and other workload patterns
Tune queries, indexes, schema patterns, and database configurations to improve performance and reliability
Partner with engineering teams to identify application-level database issues and recommend practical fixes
Help establish repeatable steps for diagnosing/resolving recurring database issues
Help define standards for database administration, access control, change management, and release support
Support capacity planning, scaling decisions, and database lifecycle management
Maintain clear documentation for database environments, operational procedures, and recovery processes
Partner with Security and Compliance teams to support secure handling of PHI

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of database administration experience in production software environments
Deep experience with MariaDB on AWS RDS
Strong experience with AWS Aurora
Hands-on experience administering AWS-hosted database services
Strong experience troubleshooting database performance issues in production environments
Strong database performance tuning experience, including query analysis, indexing, locking, schema review, and workload optimization
Experience using Bytebase to administer databases, manage database changes, or support database workflows
Experience managing RDS replica sets, replication behavior, failover readiness, backups, restores, and production operations
Hands-on experience with Redis in production environments
Strong understanding of database reliability, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and operational best practices
Strong experience supporting SaaS, cloud-hosted, or high-availability database platforms
Experience working in healthcare technology, healthcare SaaS, or other regulated data environments (strongly preferred)
Experience supporting HIPAA-compliant systems and handling PHI securely (strongly preferred)
Experience partnering with SRE, DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering teams (strongly preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility to work where/how you want within your country of employment – in-office, remote, or hybrid
Robust health and wellness benefits, including an annual wellness stipend
Continued investment in your professional development through Udemy
401k with company match
Flexible and generous paid time off
Employee Stock Purchase Program

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Hard Skills & Tools

database administrationMariaDBAWS RDSAWS Auroradatabase performance tuningquery analysisindexinglockingschema reviewworkload optimization

Soft Skills

troubleshootingincident responsecapacity planningdisaster recoverydocumentationcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershiporganizational skills