Database Administrator

• As the Platform Database Administrator (DBA) for Aurora, serve as the architectural and operational anchor for high-scale database environments.
• Bridge the gap between technical data layers and production feature engineering.
• Take full ownership of database performance tuning, optimization strategies, and system reliability across core software suites.
• Sustain consistent system performance and reliability across 400+ database schemas, managing comprehensive schema migrations and tracking client-specific data growth metrics.
• Supervise AWS Aurora-specific environments, orchestrating cluster endpoint routing configurations, managing failover behaviors, executing parameter tuning, and troubleshooting data warehouse / read replica lags.
• Apply deep knowledge of InnoDB core internals to manage lock behaviors, resolve complex lock contentions, adjust buffer pool parameters, and systematically reduce purge lags across write-heavy database clusters.
• Diagnose and optimize heavy database pipelines utilizing INSERT...SELECT queries and computed-table patterns.
• Analyze Aurora instance utilization models against pricing factors to right-size compute resources and minimize I/O waste stemming from unoptimized queries.

Platform Database Administrator, Aurora/MySQL

• Assist in managing AWS RDS instances by monitoring database health, identifying performance issues, and participating in root-cause investigations
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to ensure 24/7 database availability and rapid response to production incidents across our global infrastructure
• Execute quarterly patching, monthly index reviews, and backup integrity testing within a live production environment
• Advance your T-SQL knowledge by participating in code reviews and assisting Developer and TechOps teams with query optimization and execution
• Utilize Python, PowerShell, and other scripting languages to build or maintain automation tools (e.g., AWS Lambdas, GitHub Action workflows, etc.)
• Manage user permissions, SOPs, and disaster recovery runbooks while helping ensure regulatory framework compliance (including HIPAA, HITRUST, and SOC2) across all database systems

Junior Database Administrator

• Supervises and develops multi-platform converged enterprise engineering solutions targeted to meet existing, enhanced, and new platform solutions for business and infrastructure services.
• Leads, directs, or recommends cross-functional team targeted for system enhancements for system performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity.
• Evaluates product and service solutions.

Senior Database Administrator

• Designing, architecting, building, and maintaining databases from business requirements
• Installing and configuring the database environment
• Monitoring server, instance, and database performance
• Developing, scheduling and managing jobs to ensure nightly backups are created
• Recovering data using restored data files or database backups
• Implementing security settings as required by the CIS Benchmarks for database servers
• Providing Level II Help Desk support for software products
• Maintaining and updating operations manuals, annual reviews, disaster recovery plans, and other documents regarding database software

• Administer, monitor and maintain SQL Server databases
• Perform performance tuning, query optimization and troubleshooting
• Manage backups, restores and high availability (HA/DR) solutions
• Ensure database security, integrity and compliance
• Develop and manage data pipelines using Databricks
• Work with large-scale data processing using Spark (PySpark/Scala)
• Support ETL/ELT workflows and data transformations
• Optimize data processing for performance and scalability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support data platform initiatives

• Own day-to-day administration of Kaseware’s PostgreSQL and Metabase deployments, including configuration, capacity, backups, and recovery
• Lead query and database performance tuning explain plan analysis, index design and review, connection pooling, etc
• Partner with the Data team to optimize Metabase performance – query review, dashboard tuning, source-database optimization, caching strategies, and Metabase application database administration
• Provide schema design review, data modeling guidance, and migration support to engineering teams shipping new features
• Design and maintain backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies that meet customer and compliance requirements (RPO/RTO)
• Implement and operate database monitoring, alerting, and observability – query performance, slow logs, replication health, and capacity trends
• Establish and document database standards, runbooks, and best practices; mentor engineering and data team members on database design and SQL performance
• Contribute new ideas and improvements to the Kaseware data architecture as the platform and customer footprint grow

• Ensuring the stability and reliability of on-premise Oracle database environments through maintenance, monitoring, and security administration
• Supporting application-specific data integrity, managing local user security, and maintaining replication streams using GoldenGate and remote site configurations
• Collaborating with development teams to support application data functions
• Administering on-premise Oracle databases (including Multitenant container/pluggable architectures)
• Creating and managing database user accounts, profiles, and privileges manually
• Monitoring and maintaining Oracle GoldenGate replication processes
• Performing routine database maintenance tasks such as patching, backups (RMAN), and storage management
• Troubleshooting database alerts and basic application performance issues
• Assisting in the deployment of database changes and schema updates to support application releases
• Ensuring database recoverability by conducting regular backup verifications
• Monitoring database performance metrics and executing basic tuning tasks under the guidance of senior staff.

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