Senior DBA II

LexisNexis Risk SolutionsAlpharetta, GA

$95,300 - $158,800 / year

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Overview

Schedule

Full-time

Career level

Senior-level

Remote

Compensation

$95,300-$158,800/year

Job Description

Are you passionate about building highly available database platforms that power mission-critical services at scale?

Do you enjoy driving automation, cloud modernization, and operational excellence while partnering closely with engineering teams to improve reliability and performance?

About the Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/

About our Team

The Database Administration team provides enterprise-wide support for mission-critical database platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and operational stability. The team manages MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and cloud database technologies across hybrid environments while driving automation, observability, disaster recovery readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives. Working closely with engineering, infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams, DBAs play a key role in delivering resilient and scalable data services that power business-critical applications.

About the Role

We are seeking candidates with deep production support experience in MySQL replication, database reliability engineering, and cloud-based database platforms. Experience with Azure, AWS, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and MongoDB is highly desirable. The ideal candidate combines traditional database administration expertise with modern DevOps, SRE, automation, and cloud engineering capabilities and is passionate about building highly reliable, scalable, secure, and automated database platforms.

Responsibilities

Manage and optimize MySQL databases in large-scale production environments.
Design and support highly available, disaster recovery, and multi-region database architectures.
Perform database upgrades, patching, backup/recovery, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
Build automation and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform and scripting tools.
Support cloud-hosted databases in Azure and AWS environments.
Implement monitoring, observability, incident response, and root cause analysis processes.
Partner with engineering teams to improve database reliability, CI/CD, and cloud modernization initiatives.
Participate in on-call rotations and production support.

Requirements

Experience as a MySQL DBA, Database Engineer, or Reliability Engineer.
Expertise in MySQL replication, HA/DR architectures, backup/recovery, security, and performance tuning.
Experience supporting cloud database platforms in Azure and/or AWS.
Strong automation skills using Python, Bash, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
Experience with GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
Knowledge of observability tools such as Grafana, Datadog, ELK, Azure Monitor, or CloudWatch.
Strong troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, or Oracle is beneficial.
Knowledge of SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, incident management, and post-mortems.
Experience with cloud modernization, platform engineering, and self-service automation.
Familiarity with AI-assisted operations and engineering productivity tools.

Additional location(s): Remote - USA - Nationwide

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $95,300 - $158,800. Geographic differentials may

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This job at LexisNexis Risk Solutions is located in Alpharetta, GA, according to the details provided by the employer. Some roles may also include multiple work locations depending on the requirement.

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Candidates can expect a pay range of $95,300 and $158,800 per year.

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions lists this role as a Full-time position.

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions is looking for a candidate with "Senior-level" experience level.

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Yes, this position at LexisNexis Risk Solutions supports remote work, giving candidates the flexibility to work outside the primary office location.

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