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Senior Application Database Administrator
Heredia, Heredia, Costa Rica
Actively hiring, first seen by us 7 days ago- Pay
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What you’ll work on
Full postingLead design, administration and optimization of cloud application databases
Partner with engineering and platform teams on scalable, secure database solutions
Guide database architecture, schema design and performance tuning
Manage database automation, infrastructure-as-code and deployment processes
Troubleshoot production issues and drive root cause analysis and long-term fixes
From the employer’s posting
Lead the design, administration, and optimization of cloud-based application databases
Partner with engineering and platform teams to develop scalable, secure, and resilient database solutions
Provide guidance on database architecture, schema design, performance tuning, and cloud-native best practices.
Manage database automation projects, including infrastructure-as-code, deployment processes, monitoring, and operational efficiency.
Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term improvements to prevent recurrence.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- 7+ years of experience in database administration, application database support, or related technical roles.
- Expertise with enterprise relational database platforms and advanced SQL performance tuning.
- Hands-on experience managing cloud-native database services such as Amazon Web Services RDS, Aurora Postgres, Cloud SQL, or similar technologies.
- Experience supporting high-availability production environments, including replication, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
- Knowledge of modern application architectures, including microservices, cloud-native platforms, or distributed systems.
- Experience mentoring team members and contributing to technical discussions, standards, and database-related projects.
Qualification wording
7+ years of experience in database administration, application database support, or related technical roles.
Expertise with enterprise relational database platforms and advanced SQL performance tuning.
Hands-on experience managing cloud-native database services such as Amazon Web Services RDS, Aurora Postgres, Cloud SQL, or similar technologies.
Experience supporting high-availability production environments, including replication, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
Knowledge of modern application architectures, including microservices, cloud-native platforms, or distributed systems.
Experience mentoring team members and contributing to technical discussions, standards, and database-related projects.
Posting record
Report an errorActively hiringFirst seen by us 7 days ago, still listed, and not a repost of an earlier posting.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Oct 28, 20267 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 16
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
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How this job compares
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Where the posting names them
- 7+ years of experience in database administration, application database support, or related technical roles. - Expertise with enterprise relational database platforms and advanced SQL performance tuning. - Hands-on experience managing cloud-native database services such as Amazon Web Services RDS, Aurora Postgres, Cloud SQL, or similar technologies.
- Expertise with enterprise relational database platforms and advanced SQL performance tuning. - Hands-on experience managing cloud-native database services such as Amazon Web Services RDS, Aurora Postgres, Cloud SQL, or similar technologies. - Experience supporting high-availability production environments, including replication, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
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About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
Job Description
The Senior Application Database Administrator will contribute in design and manage cloud-based databases that support business-critical applications. You will partner with application developers, DevOps engineers, and platform teams to ensure databases are secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective. You will combine deep database expertise with a cloud-native mindset, helping guide modernization efforts, improve performance, and establish best practices across the organization. You will report to the Director of Software Engineering.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in database administration, application database support, or related technical roles.
- Expertise with enterprise relational database platforms and advanced SQL performance tuning.
- Hands-on experience managing cloud-native database services such as Amazon Web Services RDS, Aurora Postgres, Cloud SQL, or similar technologies.
- Experience supporting high-availability production environments, including replication, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
- Knowledge of modern application architectures, including microservices, cloud-native platforms, or distributed systems.
- Experience mentoring team members and contributing to technical discussions, standards, and database-related projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, administration, and optimization of cloud-based application databases to ensure performance and reliability.
- Partner with engineering and platform teams to develop scalable, secure, and resilient database solutions that support our needs.
- Provide guidance on database architecture, schema design, performance tuning, and cloud-native best practices.
- Manage database automation projects, including infrastructure-as-code, deployment processes, monitoring, and operational efficiency.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term improvements to prevent recurrence.
- Establish and promote database standards, backup and recovery strategies, security controls, and operational best practices.
Additional Information
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Company Description
Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.
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