Database Administrator, SQL, NoSQL, GraphDB

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⚜️ Louisiana – Remote

⚜️ Louisiana – Remote

💵 $138.1k - $186.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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LouisianaNOW.Jobs

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51 - 200 employees

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Recruitment • Marketplace

LouisianaNOW. Jobs is a regional jobs portal and talent attraction site focused on connecting job seekers to employers and economic opportunities across Louisiana. The site highlights regional communities, industry sectors, current employers who are hiring, career advice articles, and job listings, and appears to be operated or supported by LED FastStart (Louisiana Economic Development). It’s positioned as a marketplace that promotes Louisiana’s growing industries and helps match talent with local openings and employer investment announcements.

📋 Description

• Design, build, configure, and maintain cloud data platform environments including Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, AuroraDB, RDS, DynamoDB, and/or NeptuneDB • Administer and optimize cloud database environments through configuration, scaling, performance tuning, and warehouse management • Create, maintain, and govern databases, schemas, roles, and RBAC in alignment with security, IAM, and compliance policies • Monitor and troubleshoot database performance, query efficiency, concurrency, capacity, and utilization • Implement cost-optimization strategies and support TCO analysis, financial reporting, and right-sizing • Automate database provisioning, user and role management, backups, and monitoring using SQL, Python, Terraform, or similar tooling • Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain SQL, NoSQL, and graph database platforms • Manage database objects including tables, indexes, partitions, views, and stored procedures • Implement and manage backup, recovery, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions • Support database migrations, upgrades, consolidations, and modernization initiatives • Enforce least-privilege access, security controls, encryption, authentication, authorization, and auditing • Support data retention, archival, classification, and lifecycle policies • Develop and maintain monitoring dashboards, alerting, logging, and health-check capabilities • Troubleshoot complex incidents, failures, degradation, and availability issues; drive root-cause analysis • Support DR/HA exercises, ATO documentation, security audits, and incident response for database services • Integrate databases with data pipelines, applications, analytics tools, and cloud data platforms • Maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, performance reports, and configuration documentation • Collaborate with Data Platform Engineers, Data Engineers, Architects, Security teams, and application teams • Evaluate database features, cloud capabilities, and platform enhancements; recommend adoption • Ensure database environments comply with security, privacy, governance, and regulatory requirements • Contribute to the Case Management Modernization Program supporting the Administrative Office of the US Courts and 204+ federal courts

🎯 Requirements

• Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree required • 5+ years of general experience in IT systems required • 5+ years of specialized experience in cloud database maintenance and database administration or similar role • Strong experience administering cloud database platforms, including Snowflake and AWS data services such as Redshift, Aurora/PostgreSQL, RDS, and Neptune • Expertise in SQL, performance tuning, workload management, and database optimization • Experience operating databases in AWS or hybrid cloud environments • Proven ability to automate database administration using IaC and scripting, including Terraform, dbt, and Python • Familiarity with federal security, compliance, and audit requirements • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills • Ability to work independently and collaboratively with technical and business teams • Effective communication and documentation skills • Knowledge of modern monitoring/observability tools and CI/CD workflows • Experience applying industry best practices and emerging data platform technologies • Consultant mindset and ability to work with stakeholders to define and improve database operations • Must be able to pass a background check to obtain a position of Public Trust • Must be a US Person: Green Card Holder, US Permanent Resident Alien, Refugee, Asylee, or US Citizen • Preferred certifications include CDMP, Snowflake SnowPro Core or Advanced, Databricks Certified Data Professional, AWS certifications, Docker Certified Associate, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, DevSecOps certification, ITIL, AWS SysOps, or Google Cloud DevOps Engineer

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts • Dental plan options • Vision plan • 401(k) plan with company match • Full-flex work weeks where possible • Paid vacation, sick, and personal time • Paid holidays • Paid parental leave • Paid military leave • Paid bereavement leave • Paid jury duty leave • Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year • Additional 10 paid holidays per year • Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees • Short- and long-term disability benefits • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment insurance • Personal accident insurance • Critical illness insurance • Business travel and accident insurance • AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities • Internal mobility team supporting career goals • Growth and professional development opportunities • Wellness packages • Competitive pay • Award-winning culture of innovation • Military-friendly workplace