Senior Database Administrator - Part-Time

Role: Senior Database Administrator

(MSSQL & Database Administration + 24/7 Standby Support Required)

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, and support enterprise database systems across production, test, and development environments
• Administer database platforms including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other relevant technologies
• Monitor database health, performance, storage utilization, availability, and capacity
• Perform database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and migration activities
• Troubleshoot and resolve database incidents, outages, and performance-related issues
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures to ensure data protection and business continuity
• Optimize SQL queries, indexing strategies, and overall database performance
• Ensure database security, access controls, encryption, and compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements
• Support high availability configurations including clustering, replication, failover, and standby environments
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and project teams to support deployments, integrations, and release activities
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and support runbooks
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior database administrators and project teams
• Participate in 24/7 standby support, incident response, and problem management activities as required

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in Microsoft SQL Server administration
• Experience managing enterprise database platforms such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or equivalent technologies
• Good understanding of database performance tuning, SQL optimization, and indexing strategies
• Experience in database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning
• Knowledge of high availability technologies including clustering, replication, failover, and standby systems
• Experience troubleshooting database incidents and performance issues in enterprise environments
• Familiarity with database security, encryption, access management, and compliance practices
• Ability to support database deployments, upgrades, and migration activities
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Good communication, documentation, and stakeholder management abilities
• Willingness to participate in 24/7 standby and on-call support activities