Penumbra

Penumbra

Sr SQL Administrator

Alameda, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$200kDetected 12 days ago
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Sponsors this role90
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 12 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

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Penumbra, Inc. obtained a prevailing wage determination for Information Security Analysts in Alameda, CALIFORNIA on 2026-06-22. No matching green-card filing appears in our data yet. The determination expires in 14 days (2026-09-19), and a green-card filing must follow before then or the employer starts over.

Green-card follow-through: 67%

Of 6 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 2 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 491 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

8 transfer filings in the last year, covering 8 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 8 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

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About the role

  • The Senior SQL Administrator is responsible for the administration, performance, availability, security, recoverability, and integrity of enterprise database platforms across on-premises and cloud-based environments.
  • Penumbra, Inc., headquartered in Alameda, California, is a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the day-to-day operations of enterprise database platforms, including configuration, maintenance, patching, backups, restores, performance, security, and capacity.
  • Administer, maintain, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments across on-premises, virtualized, and cloud-hosted platforms.
  • Perform database performance tuning, including query analysis, indexing strategy, execution plan review, statistics maintenance, wait analysis, and resource optimization.
  • Implement and support high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, clustering, log shipping, replication, backups, and restore testing.
  • Support database capacity planning, storage forecasting, performance baselining, and scalability planning for business-critical systems.
  • Provide after hours on-call support on a rotation schedule with other staff members.
  • Maintain database security controls, including authentication, authorization, least-privilege access, role-based permissions, encryption, auditing, and privileged access review.
  • Partner with Security and Infrastructure teams to support secure database connectivity, certificate use, service accounts, firewall rules, vulnerability remediation, and patch compliance.
  • Review and support database changes, schema updates, stored procedures, SQL Agent jobs, integrations, and application releases to reduce operational risk.
  • Maintain database inventory, configuration standards, operational documentation, recovery procedures, and support runbooks.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Management, or a related field with 8+ years of enterprise-level database administration and/or database engineering experience
  • 5+ years of experience supporting high availability, disaster recovery, backup, restore, and database recovery strategies for business-critical systems.
  • Strong experience with SQL Server performance tuning, indexing, query optimization, execution plans, wait statistics, SQL Agent jobs, and database maintenance plans.
  • Experience administering SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering, log shipping, replication, or equivalent high availability technologies.
  • Experience with database security practices, including least privilege access, role-based permissions, encryption, auditing, service accounts, and privileged access controls.
  • Experience with PowerShell, T-SQL scripting, automation, monitoring, alerting, and operational reporting.
  • Experience with enterprise backup platforms, restore validation, database integrity checks, and disaster recovery testing.
  • Working knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, networking fundamentals, storage, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure as they relate to database services.
  • High degree of accuracy, attention to detail, data stewardship, documentation discipline, and organizational skills.
  • Willingness and ability to work on site.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Management, or a related field with 8+ years of enterprise-level database administration and/or database engineering experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Ability to plan, organize, and document complex database administration activities and configure systems in alignment with institutional policies and procedures.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, handle concurrent projects, respond effectively to urgent or complex operational issues, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • High degree of accuracy, attention to detail, data stewardship, documentation discipline, and organizational skills. Position Qualifications
  • Preferred

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or SQL Server hosted in Microsoft Azure is preferred.
  • Experience supporting integrations with ERP, MES, LIMS, QMS, reporting, data warehouse, or enterprise application platforms is preferred.
  • Experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Power BI gateways, or related reporting and integration technologies is preferred.
  • Microsoft SQL Server, Azure Database Administrator Associate, or equivalent database certification is preferred.
  • Working Conditions

Skills

  • Serving as a database subject matter expert, the Sr.

Compensation

  • $140,000 - $200,000/ year We offer a competitive compensation package plus a benefits and equity program, when applicable.
  • Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location.

Benefits

  • Monitor database health, performance, job execution, storage utilization, blocking, deadlocks, replication, availability groups, and backup success.
  • Penumbra designs, develops, manufactures, and markets novel products and has a broad portfolio that addresses challenging medical conditions in markets with significant unmet need.

Equal opportunity

  • For additional information on Penumbra's commitment to being an equal opportunity employer, please see Penumbra's AAP Policy Statement.
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