Database Administrator

Remote from: UK
Annual salary: Undisclosed
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Department: DevOps & Infrastructure
Employment type: Full Time,
Job posted: 1 Jul 2025
Apply before: 1 Aug 2025
Experience level: Senior
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About RemoteStar

Scale Faster, Reduce Costs, Meet Diversity Targets

Computer Software
2020

Actively Hiring

Job Title: Database Administration
Location: Remote (CST time zone)
Job Type: Full-time

At RemoteStar, we’re currently hiring for one of our clients based in Houston, TX.

About Client:

A fast-growing US-based SaaS company is transforming how energy firms manage operations. Their end-to-end ERP platform streamlines field data, production, finance, land, and compliance, delivering real-time insights and operational efficiency. With a strong client base and innovative tech, they’re redefining digital transformation in the energy and utilities sector.

Role & Responsibilities:

Lead Database administration and optimise relational databases (e.g., SQL Server).
Support ERP database migrations, upgrades, and performance tuning.
Conduct database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimisation for relational and analytical workloads.
Analyze and recommend performance optimization strategies for single and multi-tenant database environments.
Assess and recommend VM and disk configurations in cloud platforms like Azure and AWS for optimal performance.
Help DevOps team automate routine database tasks for cloud-hosted and on-premises databases.
Set up and maintain database replication strategies, including transactional replication for real-time updates and scaling. Ensure data availability, consistency, and integrity across ERP systems and analytics platforms.

Requirements & Qualifications:

8+ years of strong experience in DB engineering, administration and production operations on cloud, specifically MS SQL.
Hands-on experience with cloud database solutions and infrastructure in Azure and AWS, including optimising VM and disk configurations for cost and performance.
Database performance tuning and optimisation.
Expertise in high-availability (HA) clusters, read replica management, and transactional replication.
Proficiency in SQL and one or more programming languages, such as Python/Bash.
Knowledge of data modelling, data quality, data security, and data governance principles and practices.
Familiarity with database monitoring and database DevOps tools (Datadog, Grafana, Azure Monitor).
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

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