Principal DBA

About Marblewell Networks

Dell, HP and Lenovo hardware is sold and supported for schools and local governments, as it has been since 2000. Based in Austin, Marblewell Networks also runs a small colocation rack for clients who want local backups. Certification exams are paid for, and passing one comes with a raise.

About the role

We are adding a Principal DBA to our Database Services team. DBA role covering on-premises and cloud databases, including a planned move to Amazon RDS. The Database Services team supports about 200 production databases. We need someone who can handle both daily operations and longer projects. Contract role, full-time hours, paid in USD at the end of each month. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT.

What you'll work on

• Migrate databases to Amazon RDS, Aurora or Azure SQL
• Manage backups and run regular restore tests against RPO and RTO targets
• Support audits with evidence for encryption, access reviews and backup retention
• Tune queries, indexes and statistics using execution plans and Query Store
• Install, configure and patch SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL or MySQL instances

What we're looking for

• 8+ years of hands-on database administration experience
• Willingness to work occasional nights and weekends for maintenance windows
• Proven query and index tuning ability

Bonus points

• Microsoft DP-300 or Oracle OCP certification
• Terraform for database infrastructure
• AWS RDS, Aurora or Azure SQL Managed Instance

What you get

• Paid in USD
• Long-term engagement
• Company laptop
• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise

Please mention your notice period and expected salary.

Duration: 9 months. Start: Immediately.

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