✦ Luna Orbit — Database Administration

Lead Database Engineering

at S&P Global

📍 US - TX - DALLAS 5430 LBJ FREEWAY 40 HRS Hybrid 💰 $120K – $160K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $120K – $160K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years 10-12+ years
Education Not specified
Category Database Administration

About this role

This senior role involves managing and optimizing enterprise databases, ensuring high availability, security, and smooth cloud migrations in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Administer enterprise databases
  • Optimize performance
  • Implement high availability
  • Support cloud migration
  • Ensure security and compliance

Technical Overview

The technical scope covers administering SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, utilizing AWS cloud services, performing performance tuning, backup and recovery, and implementing high availability solutions with scripting and DevOps practices.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior database administrator with over 10 years of experience managing enterprise-scale SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases, with strong expertise in performance tuning, high availability, and cloud migration, especially in AWS environments.

Must-Have Skills

10-12+ years of experience as a Database AdministratorMySQLOraclePostgreSQLDatabase performance tuningQuery optimizationBackuprecoveryreplicationHigh availability solutionsCloud database migrationSecurity and compliance

Nice-to-Have Skills

Microsoft SQL ServerScripting (ShellPythonAnsible)CI/CD pipelinesDevOps practices

Tools & Platforms

AWSAmazon RDSAmazon EC2Amazon AuroraSQL Server ProfilerOracle AWRAWS Performance InsightsShellPythonAnsible

Required Skills

SQL ServerOraclePostgreSQLMySQLPerformance tuningQuery optimizationBackup and recoveryReplicationHigh availabilityCloud migrationSecurityScriptingShellPythonAnsibleCI/CDDevOps

Hard Skills

SQL ServerOraclePostgreSQLMySQLDatabase performance tuningQuery optimizationBackup and recoveryReplicationHigh availability solutionsCloud database migrationSecurity and complianceScriptingShellPythonAnsibleCI/CD pipelinesDevOps

Soft Skills

leadershipproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationtechnical excellence

Industry & Role

Industry Technology / Data & Analytics
Job Function Senior database management and optimization in cloud and on-premises environments

Keywords for Your Resume

Database AdministratorSQL ServerOraclePostgreSQLMySQLAWSAmazon RDSAmazon EC2Amazon AuroraPerformance tuningQuery optimizationBackup and recoveryReplicationHigh availabilityCloud migrationSecurityScriptingDevOpsCI/CD

Deal Breakers

Less than 10 years of DBA experience, No experience with cloud database migration, Lack of expertise in performance tuning, Unable to demonstrate experience with high availability solutions

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