Accelya

Accelya

Senior Principal Database Administrator

USA, Miami, USA · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
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About the role

  • This role requires deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, AWS cloud technologies, automation, and production operations, while providing technical leadership through engineering excellence and mentorship.

Requirements

  • Experience administering enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments with working knowledge of PostgreSQL.
  • Experience supporting enterprise SaaS platforms with stringent availability and performance requirements.
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery methodologies.
  • Experience working within regulated environments supporting enterprise security and compliance requirements.
  • Experience mentoring other Database Administrators and providing technical leadership across cross-functional engineering teams.

Nice to have

  • Independently plan and execute complex database upgrades, migrations, infrastructure refreshes, disaster recovery exercises, and modernization initiatives.
  • Provide technical mentorship and guidance to database engineers while leading through hands-on execution and engineering excellence.
  • 15+ years of enterprise database administration experience supporting large-scale, mission-critical production environments.
  • Expert-level administration of Microsoft SQL Server (2016-2025), including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, performance tuning, security, and troubleshooting.
  • Expert knowledge of SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, clustering, replication, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, and high availability architectures.
  • Extensive hands-on experience designing, administering, and troubleshooting SQL Server in AWS, including Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, and S3.
  • Strong understanding of AWS networking, IAM, and cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise database platforms.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently plan and execute complex production database upgrades, migrations, infrastructure refreshes, and disaster recovery activities.

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