Principal DBA - Remote

About Edmonton Data Systems

Edmonton Data Systems is a small IT shop: the owner, four technicians and a part-time office manager. Every tech does a bit of everything, from printer jams to firewall rules. Certification exams are paid for, and passing one comes with a raise.

Edmonton Data Systems has an opening for a Principal DBA - Remote. DBA role covering on-premises and cloud databases, including a planned move to Amazon RDS. We need someone who checks the backups before anyone asks, and who can explain a query plan to a developer. Employment is through our payroll partner in India. Salary is paid monthly in Indian rupees. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

Day to day

• Control access with roles, least privilege and audited service accounts.
• Review and deploy schema changes from development teams.
• Upgrade major database versions with minimal downtime.
• Set up and maintain Always On availability groups, Data Guard or streaming replication.
• Support audits with evidence for encryption, access reviews and backup retention.
• Migrate databases to Amazon RDS, Aurora or Azure SQL.
• Manage backups and run regular restore tests against RPO and RTO targets.

Skills and experience

• 8-10 years of hands-on database administration experience.
• Understanding of Windows Server and Linux as database hosts.
• Scripting with PowerShell, Bash or Python.

Benefits

₹35,00,000 - ₹42,00,000 per annum

• Annual learning budget.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Annual team retreat.
• Paid parental leave.
• Home office setup budget.

The posting will close once we have a strong shortlist.

Start: Flexible.

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