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Drake Software · 11 hours ago

Senior Database Administrator

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Drake Software is a leading digital tax filing platform focused on providing easy-to-use tax preparation software. The Senior Database Administrator will oversee database operations, ensuring high performance and security while collaborating with various teams to enhance operational excellence and adopt AI-driven insights.

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Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end health, performance, availability, and scalability of SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB databases across AWS environments

Lead the evolution of Taxwell’s database platform architecture, standards, and operational practices

Identify and implement improvements that enhance performance and reliability, especially for seasonal high-volume workloads

Perform advanced performance tuning through execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, and optimization techniques

Refine and manage backup/restore processes to meet strict RPO/RTO requirements

Build and maintain Datadog-based DB observability dashboards and alerts in alignment with SRE

Participate in on-call rotations and lead triage of database-related incidents, including contributing to blameless RCAs

Partner with SRE, Software Engineering, Data Engineering & Analytics, and Architecture teams to ensure database best practices are integrated into application and data pipelines

Review and deploy database change scripts from internal development teams and third-party vendors

Provide guidance during architectural reviews, schema design, and performance modeling for new features

Develop automation using T-SQL, PowerShell, and Bash to streamline operations, baseline performance, validate system health, and support observability

Implement automated integrity checks, failover validation, and performance baselining

Contribute to and review database Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) definitions using CloudFormation and Terraform

Support modernization as Taxwell evolves its data platform and migrates legacy systems to more scalable architectures

Implement and audit database security controls, encryption, access management, and compliance requirements

Ensure adherence to best practices for data integrity, retention, auditing, and access control

Serve as the senior-most technical DBA, mentoring junior DBAs and guiding engineers in database best practices

Lead cross-team initiatives to improve reliability, scalability, automation, and data quality

Qualification

Microsoft SQL ServerPostgreSQLDynamoDBAWS RDST-SQLPowerShellBashIaC CloudFormationIaC TerraformDatadogAnalytical abilitiesAccountabilityCommunication skillsMentorshipCollaboration skillsOwnership

Required

8+ years of experience in database administration, engineering, or architecture roles

Deep expertise with Microsoft SQL Server (performance tuning, high availability, indexing, query optimization)

Production experience with PostgreSQL and DynamoDB

Strong experience with AWS database services including RDS and SQL Server on EC2

Proficiency in T-SQL, PowerShell, and Bash for automation

Experience supporting high-scale, mission-critical environments

Familiarity with IaC (CloudFormation, Terraform) with ability to review DB IaC changes

Experience with Datadog or similar observability platforms

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Strong analytical and diagnostic abilities with a data-driven mindset

Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments with seasonal workload spikes

High ownership, accountability, and urgency

Experience mentoring and elevating other team members

Preferred

Experience with AI-assisted database insight or performance tooling

Exposure to EKS-based microservices environments

Experience contributing to SLO/SLI definitions for database services

Company

Drake Software

Drake Software is a complete professional tax preparation program for federal and state returns, business and individual. It is a sub-organization of Cinven.

Founded in 1977

Franklin, North Carolina, USA

501-1000 employees