Top Database Administrator Jobs in Chicago, IL

Administer and optimize P21/SQL databases, design logical and physical data models, manage SSRS reports and SSIS packages, ensure security, backups, and recovery, tune performance, collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors, and document database procedures and policies.

Leads SQL Server database architecture, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, patching, upgrades, security, compliance, and incident resolution. Provides technical leadership across full-stack engineering teams, develops cloud-based solutions, mentors engineers, establishes engineering standards, and drives large-scale technology initiatives. Uses modern programming languages, cloud platforms, containers, databases, APIs, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability to improve system performance and reduce technical debt.

Administer IBM DB2 on z/OS and support mainframe application modernization, resiliency, high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning, encryption, and security. Enable cloud connectivity through REST APIs and Python, maintain batch and online processing systems, and collaborate across Agile teams. The role also develops technical documentation, supports payment systems, mentors junior staff, and drives continuous improvement of database engineering practices.

Administer, architect, optimize, secure, and automate PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Snowflake databases in Azure. The role develops resilient database solutions for healthcare applications, manages performance, access controls, encryption, backups, and disaster recovery, and creates technical documentation. It collaborates across Scrum teams, presents solutions to stakeholders, evaluates emerging technologies, uses approved AI tools, solves complex database challenges, and mentors junior engineers.

Administers and engineers Microsoft SQL Server databases for NAVSUP, including database design, development, security, performance tuning, testing, backup and recovery, documentation, release support, and outage resolution. Collaborates with application developers, manages database instances and interfaces, supports CI/CD deployments, conducts quality audits, and ensures compliance with DoD and DoN policies.

Administer Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL databases in a fully remote federal environment. Responsibilities include installation, configuration, monitoring, performance tuning, patching, security, backup and recovery, vulnerability remediation, incident response, documentation, compliance, and application deployment support. The role requires collaboration with development and hosting teams, occasional travel, and after-hours or on-call availability. A Public Trust clearance must be obtainable.

Manage and optimize high-volume SQL Server databases across on-premises and Azure environments. Own database reliability, observability, performance tuning, availability, disaster recovery, security, maintenance, automation, incident response, and 24x7 production support. Assist developers with query tuning and schema refinement, configure HA/DR solutions, support releases, document changes, and provide off-hours production coverage.

Administers and optimizes enterprise SQL Server and Oracle databases across on-premises, Azure, and OCI environments. Manages high availability, disaster recovery, performance, security, monitoring, backups, cloud integrations, ETL, SFTP, and workload automation. Applies DevOps, CI/CD, scripting, infrastructure-as-code, and observability practices to database operations. Troubleshoots cross-platform production issues, maintains data governance documentation, supports compliance, and evaluates AI-enabled database technologies.

Administer and support Oracle E-Business Suite environments across production, test, development, and disaster recovery systems. Manage Oracle 19c RAC, Data Guard, Exadata, upgrades, patching, backups, restores, cloning, migrations, monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, and high availability. Automate DBA tasks with Python, Shell, Perl, and Ansible while collaborating with functional, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams. Support mission-critical financial systems and participate in off-hours deployments and incident response.

Administer and optimize Stardog knowledge graph environments across development, test, and production. Responsibilities include platform installation, configuration, monitoring, upgrades, security, performance tuning, backup and disaster recovery, SPARQL optimization, semantic modeling, healthcare ontology support, data integrations, automation, cloud-native deployments, Linux administration, and collaboration with data, platform engineering, architecture, and governance teams.

Supports SQL Server database administration across on-premises and Azure environments. Performs health checks, monitoring, troubleshooting, backup and recovery validation, database refreshes, migrations, access management, patching, maintenance, security controls, query and index analysis, and automation using T-SQL and PowerShell. Maintains documentation and operational records, collaborates with technical teams, participates in scheduled maintenance and on-call rotations, and escalates complex incidents to senior DBAs.

Owns enterprise-wide database design, security, reliability, performance, backups, disaster recovery, storage, patching, capacity planning, access controls, monitoring, and documentation. Partners with engineering teams across three divisions to standardize database practices, proactively resolve issues, and support production systems. Requires four or more years administering production relational databases and on-call support experience.

Administers Informix, MySQL, and other databases across cloud and hybrid environments. Responsibilities include configuration, maintenance, performance tuning, security remediation, replication, monitoring, Tier 3 support, schema changes, migrations, SQL data extraction, backup recovery testing, automation, compliance, and collaboration with engineering, architecture, security, and application teams.

Provides production database administration and support for mission-critical environments, including performance monitoring, incident response, root-cause analysis, security, and availability. Develops SQL Server database objects, ETL pipelines, dimensional models, data marts, dashboards, and Splunk monitoring solutions. Designs cloud and hybrid database architectures, performs data migrations, validates data integrity, and collaborates with stakeholders on technical requirements and analytics solutions within an Agile environment.

Provides production support and administration for mission-critical databases, including monitoring, incident response, root-cause analysis, performance optimization, and on-call coverage. Develops SQL database objects, Databricks lakehouse models, ETL pipelines, data migrations, dashboards, and data governance standards. Collaborates with stakeholders and development teams in an Agile environment while ensuring data integrity, scalability, security, and availability across AWS and hybrid-cloud platforms.

Own the reliability, scalability, and administration of production Vitess/MySQL and Cassandra databases. Design highly available architectures, replication, backup, recovery, security, and disaster recovery strategies. Lead incident response, on-call operations, monitoring, SLO development, root cause analysis, and production readiness reviews. Automate database and infrastructure operations using scripting, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins. Establish runbooks, escalation procedures, training materials, and mentor junior database SREs while partnering across engineering and infrastructure teams.

Manage health and performance of product databases: schema design, permissions, backups/recovery, failover clustering, performance tuning, monitoring, incident response, and cross-team support for releases and customer issues. Participate in on-call rotation.

Lead the design and optimization of Cassandra and DataStax databases, tables, indexes, and ETL solutions. Establish database policies and best practices, improve query performance with application teams, and provide hands-on support for backups, recovery procedures, and issue resolution. The role requires advanced database management expertise, programming or scripting skills, and at least seven years of experience.

Administers and secures Oracle databases supporting DISA contract systems. Responsibilities include database installation, tuning, access management, outage response, disaster recovery, security patching, STIG compliance, scripting, release support, data modeling, legacy data migration, reconciliation, and system integration. The role also supports Appian data stores and coordinates database changes with DISA, hosting providers, ISSOs, and development teams.

Owns the design, availability, performance, security, compliance, automation, and support of enterprise Oracle database platforms. Administers Oracle RAC, ASM, Exadata, Data Guard, GoldenGate, RMAN, and multitenant environments; leads FedRAMP and NIST compliance, hardening, vulnerability remediation, incident response, backup and disaster recovery, monitoring, and automation. Serves as a senior escalation point, partners with engineering and security teams, and provides training and documentation.

Administers Informatica and MuleSoft data governance and quality platforms in AWS GovCloud production environments. Responsibilities include installation, configuration, integration, security, performance tuning, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, testing, and sustainment. The role integrates enterprise data catalogs with Yellowbrick, PowerCenter, and ETL services; implements IAM and high-availability controls; supports RMF, ATO, STIG, and vulnerability remediation; and maintains automation, documentation, runbooks, and operational evidence. Provides incident response, root-cause analysis, vendor coordination, mentoring, and technical leadership.

Architects, administers, secures, and optimizes enterprise SQL Server databases across on-premises and cloud environments. Responsibilities include patching, performance tuning, troubleshooting, database design, scripting, disaster recovery, backup planning, audits, migrations, SSIS packages, and SSRS reporting. The role collaborates with application owners and IT teams to maintain reliable, scalable, compliant database systems and provides technical guidance to users.

Senior Database Administrator responsible for optimizing MySQL and AWS Aurora query performance, indexes, execution plans, stored procedures, and database architecture. Supports SQL Server and AWS RDS environments, cloud migrations, schema refactoring, data modeling, maintenance, backups, and operational tuning. Collaborates with developers and QA teams on database code reviews and mentors engineers on query optimization. The role requires extensive DBA experience, cloud database migration expertise, and strong relational data modeling skills.

Administer and optimize production, staging, and development databases across SQL and NoSQL platforms. Responsibilities include database installation, configuration, architecture, performance monitoring, security, backups, disaster recovery, high availability, failover, capacity planning, troubleshooting, and data recovery. The role supports ETL pipelines and reporting, collaborates with developers and data modelers, provides technical mentorship, and manages database infrastructure in Linux and AWS environments for EPA applications.

Leads administration, deployment, monitoring, optimization, troubleshooting, and modernization of SQL Server and AWS database infrastructure. Supports EC2-hosted and RDS SQL Server environments alongside Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, and S3 data lake services. Diagnoses performance issues, manages replication, backups, disaster recovery, security, and large databases, develops SQL and PowerShell automation, partners with engineering and development teams, documents processes, and participates in on-call support.