DBA

Who we are

Based in San Jose, Prairie Technology Group also runs a small colocation rack for clients who want local backups. From the San Jose office, we cover clients within about a two-hour drive and support remote sites through RMM tools. Certification exams are paid for, and passing one comes with a raise.

The role

Prairie Technology Group is looking for a DBA to join a small, steady team. The Infrastructure team supports about 200 production databases. We need someone who can handle both daily operations and longer projects. This is a fully remote position open to candidates anywhere in the US.

In your first few months you will

• Review and deploy schema changes from development teams.
• Tune queries, indexes and statistics using execution plans and Query Store.
• Automate maintenance with PowerShell, SQL Agent jobs or Bash.
• Support audits with evidence for encryption, access reviews and backup retention.
• Manage backups and run regular restore tests against RPO and RTO targets.
• Monitor databases with SolarWinds DPA, Redgate SQL Monitor or pgwatch and act on alerts.

You might be a good fit if you

• 2+ years of hands-on database administration experience.
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery setups.
• Willingness to work occasional nights and weekends for maintenance windows.
• Understanding of Windows Server and Linux as database hosts.
• Deep knowledge of at least one of SQL Server, Oracle or PostgreSQL.
• Scripting with PowerShell, Bash or Python.

Nice to have

• Microsoft DP-300 or Oracle OCP certification.

Benefits

Salary: $142,000 - $189,000/year

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Paid time off.
• $1,000 home office setup budget.
• Flexible schedule.

No recruitment agencies, please.

Start: Immediately.

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