
Database Administrator
WEX
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Portland • Illinois • Maine • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 - $139,700 per year
About the role
- Design, build, implement and support global business-critical database systems
- Provision, administer and patch on-premises and Amazon RDS PostgreSQL and MySQL
- Collaborate on developing system hardware layouts, configuring firewall rules, tuning, and load testing database systems
- Monitor database performance proactively; recommend and implement optimization strategies
- Conduct code reviews and provide support to application developers
- Implement database backup and recovery strategies
- Build and maintain documentation for database administration and management processes
- Assist with routine Oracle database administration tasks as needed
Requirements
- 8+ years of total DBA experience, including at least 4+ years specifically with PostgreSQL
- Hands-on experience provisioning and managing AWS RDS and Aurora (PostgreSQL/MySQL) at scale
- Proficiency with related AWS services (IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, S3)
- Strong SQL performance troubleshooting and tuning skills with proficiency in PSQL/PLSQL scripting
- Comfortable working with Linux internals; experience scripting in Bash, Python, or other languages
- Experience operating within and influencing agile, Scrum-based software development environments
- Experience with Terraform, YAML, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD is preferred
- Experience working with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Amazon CloudWatch
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
Benefits
- health, dental and vision insurances
- retirement savings plan
- paid time off
- health savings account
- flexible spending accounts
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- tuition reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PostgreSQLMySQLAWS RDSAuroraSQLPSQLPLSQLBashPythonTerraform
Soft Skills
collaborationtroubleshootingoptimizationdocumentationagileinfluencing