Database Administrator

About the job:

At Lytx, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to the Database Infrastructure and Solutions to help support the scalability of our global IoT platform. The Staff Database Administrator is a senior individual contributor responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of cloud database services that are highly available, scalable, secure, and cost-effective.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own day-to-day operations and advanced administration of AWS RDS (Postgres, MySQL, Aurora), MongoDB Atlas, Redshift and Microsoft SQL Server.

• Configure MCP for Postgres/mysql and leverage AI capabilities to automate DB related tasks.

• Implement database standards, automation, and operational runbooks.

• Collaborate with engineering teams on schema design, indexing, and query tuning.

• Design and maintain automation for provisioning, patching, and monitoring using Terraform and AWS services.

• Implement observability for databases to enable proactive detection of issues.

• Design high availability and disaster recovery strategies.

• Participate in 24x7x365 on-call rotation for production incidents.

• Mentor other Database Administrators and platform engineers.

• Standardize database schema change management using tools such as Liquibase.

• Lead adoption of AI-driven database operations (AIOps) to improve service reliability.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 9 years of hands-on experience as a Database Administrator.

• Extensive experience with Amazon RDS, MongoDB Atlas, and Microsoft SQL Server in a SaaS environment.

• Expertise in performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting.

• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting (Python, Bash).

• Experience in 24x7 operations and incident management.

• Solid understanding of HA/DR patterns and security best practices.

• Experience with schema change management tools (Liquibase).

• Experience with AIOps, observability, and LLM-based assistants for production support.

About Lytx:

At Lytx, our mission is to protect a world in motion. We build technology and partnerships that help keep people safe on the road. Lytx, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.