Senior Database Administrator

Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 17, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Regional Finance
Location: Plano, TX
Workplace Type: On-site
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

Regional Finance is expanding its national consumer financing presence and seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support critical infrastructure. In this role, you will ensure the reliability, security, and performance of enterprise Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments powering core financial systems. You will lead administrative initiatives, high availability, disaster recovery, and query optimization while participating in operational on-call support.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Manage backup, recovery, and high availability architectures, including PostgreSQL streaming replication and SQL Server Always On Availability Groups.
  • Oversee database security, user access permissions, vulnerability patching, version upgrades, and capacity planning.
  • Lead performance tuning using EXPLAIN ANALYZE, pg_stat_statements, Query Store, index strategies, and autovacuum maintenance.
  • Investigate production database incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and participate in a weekly on-call rotation.
  • Design, optimize, and review database schemas, tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, and partitioning strategies.
  • Develop, monitor, and maintain SSIS packages and scheduled SQL Agent automation jobs.
  • Build and maintain business reports in SSRS while partnering with stakeholders on project deliverables.
  • Mentor junior and mid-level technical staff and establish organizational database best practices.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • 5+ years of database administration and engineering experience in Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments.
  • In-depth expertise in performance tuning, execution plan inspection, query optimization, and wait statistics analysis.
  • Proven experience deploying and maintaining High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions including streaming replication.
  • Practical experience designing and troubleshooting SSIS ETL packages and SSRS reporting solutions.
  • Scripting and operational automation skills in PowerShell, T-SQL, Python, or Bash.
  • Familiarity with version control workflows using Git/GitHub and the software development lifecycle.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
  • Professional certifications such as AWS Certified Database Specialty, Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator, or PostgreSQL credentials.
  • Experience with modern SQL Server releases (2019+) and cloud platforms such as AWS RDS, Aurora, or EC2.
  • Familiarity with database monitoring tools such as Redgate or Idera, and issue tracking in Jira.

Benefits & Perks

  • Comprehensive healthcare, insurance coverage, and employee support programs.
  • Professional development and skill growth opportunities within an expanding national company.

Regional Finance is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive workplace. California applicants can view the applicable privacy policy online.

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