Sr. Database Administrator-REMOTE

Job Description

Job Description

Job Type : Full-Time

Hours : Days / After hours as needed

Salary : $85-$110 yearly DOE CAD

Benefits available after 60 Days for full-time employees

About AnswerNet

AnswerNet is a leading provider of customer engagement and contact center solutions across the United States and Canada. With over 31 contact centers and 10,000+ satisfied clients, we handle more than 125 million interactions each year. Our services include telephone answering, appointment setting, customer support, sales, lead qualification, third-party verification, market research, and more.

Summary

The Senior Database Administrator is a hands-on, highly technical role responsible for the day-to-day management, maintenance, and reliability of our production and non-production database environments. The successful candidate will ensure maximum performance, stability, and security across a diverse set of database technologies hosted primarily on AWS and Azure cloud platforms. This role requires 24 / 7 availability for emergencies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Database Operations and Reliability :

• Availability & Recovery (HA / DR) : Design, implement, and manage robust High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions (e.g., Replication, Always On Failover Clusters, Log Shipping) to ensure minimal downtime and data loss.
• Performance Tuning : Proactively monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and execute expert-level query, index, and server-level tuning to optimize application responsiveness and resource utilization.
• Monitoring & Alerting : Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to proactively detect and resolve performance degradation, capacity issues, and system failures.
• Maintenance & Patching : Plan, test, and execute regular database patching, version upgrades, and maintenance tasks (backups, integrity checks) during scheduled maintenance windows.

Technical Expertise and Environment :

Collaboration and Automation :

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS :