Senior Database Administrator

Heritage Environmental Services

Senior Database Administrator responsible for enterprise database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. Ensuring performance reliability and collaborating with development teams for optimal database solutions.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeIndianapolis • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKubernetesMS SQL ServerOracleSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Administers and provides support for Oracle database, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) and database management system (Informix)
Manages installations, upgrades, patching, migrations, and lifecycle management across all environments
Supports database integration within CI/CD deployment pipelines
Coordinates database changes aligned with Kubernetes-based application deployments
Partners closely with application development teams to design and enhance database schemas
Reviews and optimizes data models to align with industry best practices and performance standards
Provides guidance on indexing strategies, normalization/denormalization approaches, and query optimization
Ensures schema changes are properly versioned and aligned with CI/CD processes
Designs, implements, and maintains high-availability configurations
Manages backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies
Conducts advanced performance tuning and optimization
Implements database security hardening standards
Serves as the primary internal liaison to the Managed Service Provider

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field (required)
7+ years of hands-on enterprise DBA experience (required)
Experience managing multiple environments (Dev/Test/Staging/Production) and working within a hybrid infrastructure including on-premises and cloud (required)
Experience supporting databases in 400GB-1TB+ range and environments utilizing Kubernetes and CI/CD practices (required)
Experience collaborating with Development teams on schema design/optimization, as well as with Managed Services Providers (required)
Preferred: Experience with Informix database administration
Preferred: Experience with database modernization initiatives
Preferred: Advanced scripting/automation experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance covers all preventative medicine, from physicals to eye exams, and even contributes to your HSA account
Countless internal training and education opportunities
Generous tuition reimbursement program
401K match
Competitive bonus program
Referral and retention bonuses for certain positions

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Hard Skills & Tools

Oracle database administrationMicrosoft SQL ServerInformix database administrationCI/CD deployment pipelinesKubernetesdatabase schema designperformance tuningdatabase security hardeningbackup and restore strategiesdisaster recovery

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationguidanceoptimizationcoordination

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in information technology