Lead Database Administrator

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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Cambium Learning Group

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2009

📚 Education

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Education • Artificial Intelligence

Cambium Learning Group is a company focused on providing essential educational solutions through a family of companies. They create experiences designed to help educators and students succeed by leveraging technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning. Cambium Learning Group's brands are among the most respected in the edtech sector, supporting meaningful work and innovation in education. Their commitment is reflected in their dedication to making every learning moment valuable and impactful.

📋 Description

• Deploy, support, and upgrade SQL Server instances across AWS, including EC2-hosted and RDS environments • Administer and support cloud-native AWS data services including Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, and S3 Tables-based data lakes • Coordinate with Systems Engineers to remove blockers, troubleshoot complex SQL Server issues, and ensure successful deployments • Monitor the health of the database infrastructure with support from the Network Operations Center team • Improve database performance, system reliability, resource utilization, and cost efficiency • Evaluate and deploy cloud-native AWS database alternatives • Collaborate with development teams on application design, deployment, optimization, troubleshooting, and problem resolution • Develop SQL commands, stored procedures, and PowerShell scripts to automate administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting • Serve as a go-to SQL Server resource across self-managed and AWS-managed environments • Support the transition to AWS-native database services and evaluate fit-for-purpose options for new and migrating workloads • Maintain configuration and process documentation and share database knowledge with engineers and developers • Participate in an evening and weekend on-call schedule shared with the other Lead DBA

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of Microsoft SQL Server database administration, including 7+ years managing large, mission-critical production systems • 5+ years of hands-on experience administering cloud-native AWS database services, including RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB/Redshift • Hands-on experience with SQL Server hosted on EC2 and RDS • Working knowledge of Aurora, RDS Multi-AZ/read replica configurations, DynamoDB, Redshift, and S3-based data lakes/S3 Tables • Experience diagnosing and resolving deadlocks and long-running queries using Extended Events, DMVs, or trace flags • Experience managing very large databases, partitioned data storage, data replication, and bulk movement of large data sets • Thorough understanding of database maintenance, schema management, storage management, backup management, and disaster recovery • Experience deploying, supporting, and optimizing SQL Server, SQL Replication, and SQL Agent • Experience assessing and tuning SQL Server performance across hardware, storage, and network layers • Advanced SQL programming skills, including queries, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions • Solid understanding of database theory and design • Familiarity with database security and auditing, including IAM database authentication and KMS encryption • Familiarity with SQL Server versions back to 2019 and current-generation features such as SQL Server 2025 • Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent practical experience • Master's degree preferred • Preferred: Infrastructure-as-Code with CloudFormation or CDK; Ansible; AWS cost optimization; AI-assisted database monitoring; Foglight; Jira; Confluence; data warehouse/data lake concepts; OLAP; data migration methods; relevant certifications

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time employment • Remote work arrangement • Evening and weekend on-call schedule shared with Lead DBA