[Hiring] Senior Application Database Administrator @Experian

Role Description

The Senior Application Database Administrator plays a key role in designing, supporting, and improving cloud-based databases that power modern applications. This person partners closely with engineering, DevOps, and platform teams to ensure databases are reliable, scalable, secure, and optimized for performance. This is a hands-on role with strong technical leadership, where you will guide best practices and help teams build solutions that work well in cloud environments while supporting business-critical applications. You will report to the Software Development Agile Developer.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, performance, and reliability of cloud-based, application-facing databases
• Partner with engineering teams to build scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient database solutions
• Guide best practices for database design, schema changes, and performance tuning
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, leading root cause analysis when needed
• Implement standards, guardrails, and automation to improve database operations
• Mentor team members and support knowledge sharing across engineering and database communities

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working with application databases or in DBA roles, including cloud environments
• Strong expertise in at least one relational database platform (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle)
• Hands-on experience with cloud-managed database services and modern architectures
• Advanced skills in SQL performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Experience supporting production systems and making sound technical decisions independently
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across diverse teams

Benefits

• Medical, life and dental insurance
• Asociacion Solidarista
• International Share Save Plan
• Flex Work/Work from home
• Paid time off
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Education Reimbursement
• Family Bonding
• Bereavement Leave
• Referral Program
• This is a fully remote job opportunity. #LI-Remote