Associate DBA

Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware. Across Texas, the company runs 14 branch offices and a central depot for hardware staging and imaging. Tickets live in ConnectWise and everyone logs time to the quarter hour.

The position:

Woolspring is looking for an Associate DBA to join a small, steady team. The operations team supports about 200 production databases. We need someone who can handle both daily operations and longer projects. Remote within the US. The team meets in Houston once a quarter, travel covered. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

Day to day:

• Review and deploy schema changes from development teams
• Respond to after-hours database incidents on a rotating schedule
• Migrate databases to Amazon RDS, Aurora or Azure SQL
• Automate maintenance with PowerShell, SQL Agent jobs or Bash
• Install, configure and patch SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL or MySQL instances
• Set up and maintain Always On availability groups, Data Guard or streaming replication

Minimum qualifications:

• 1+ years of hands-on database administration experience
• Proven query and index tuning ability
• Understanding of Windows Server and Linux as database hosts
• Familiarity with SAN storage and VMware virtualization basics
• Willingness to work occasional nights and weekends for maintenance windows
• Scripting with PowerShell, Bash or Python

Preferred:

• Terraform for database infrastructure
• Database DevOps with Flyway, Liquibase or Redgate tools
• Exposure to SOX, HIPAA or PCI DSS environments

Pay and benefits:

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%
• Paid sick leave
• Annual bonus
• Flexible schedule

Applications are reviewed as they come in.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Woolspring.