Consulting/Principal DBA

Role overview Provide hands-on and strategic leadership for enterprise MySQL and Oracle database platforms across cloud and hybrid environments. The work spans architecture, operations, modernization, automation, and reliability, with a consulting focus on helping teams build secure, scalable services and reduce operational effort.

Responsibilities - Assess database environments and set improvement roadmaps for reliability, performance, security, cost, and modernization. - Design and operate replication, clustering, backup and recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, and continuity solutions. - Lead migrations from traditional or on-premises systems to cloud-native architectures and managed database services. - Build and review automation for provisioning, deployments, upgrades, patching, monitoring, compliance, and maintenance. - Advance Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and SRE practices, including observability, service objectives, incident response, and post-incident reviews. - Advise engineering and infrastructure partners, lead architecture reviews, establish standards for AI-assisted engineering, and mentor technical teams.

Requirements - Expert MySQL administration skills, including replication, recovery, high availability, security, and performance tuning. - Strong Oracle Database experience, including RMAN, Data Guard, RAC or comparable high-availability designs, upgrades, and tuning. - Track record designing resilient enterprise database platforms and leading assessments, modernization, migrations, or architecture consulting. - Strong Linux troubleshooting and networking knowledge, including DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls, TLS, and virtual networking. - Ability to develop, test, and review production automation in a language such as Python, Go, Java, C#, PowerShell, or Bash. - Experience with Terraform, GitHub, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, cloud databases, SRE principles, and AI-assisted engineering tools.

Nice to have - Azure managed database and high-availability experience, Kubernetes, team-based AI engineering workflows, or relevant Oracle, MySQL, or Azure certifications.

Benefits and work setup - Annual incentive bonus eligible. Base salary varies by location; listed ranges span $99,700–$209,700 across U.S. locations. - Benefits are location specific.