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Google Cloud Database Administrator

Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-25

Core

Administer and optimize enterprise database solutions on Google Cloud Platform, focusing on performance, security, and data governance for reporting and analytics workloads.

Role type

Senior Database Administrator (Cloud)

Builds

Production database instances, data pipelines, and BI reporting solutions

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Database administration, SQL Server, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, performance tuning, backup management, security model design, query optimization, schema design, automation scripting, incident management, DevOps practices

Preferred skills

MongoDB, Data Warehousing, Linux, Disaster Recovery technologies, PowerShell scripting

Technologies

Google Cloud Console, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Dataflow, Dataproc, Looker, Tableau, SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio Code, Git, CI/CD tools, PowerShell, Python

Responsibilities

Monitor database instances for performance and capacity; manage maintenance plans, backups, and automated jobs; develop and optimize BigQuery datasets and data pipelines; troubleshoot database and application issues; advise on database design and query optimization; perform traces and profiling to analyze problems; ensure service level agreements are met.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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