# Database Administrator

We are seeking a hands-on Database Administrator for a remote contract engagement supporting high-availability operational database systems behind a large, high-traffic website. The role focuses on database reliability, security, disaster recovery, performance analysis, and close partnership with engineering teams. Enterprise experience strongly preferred. Key Responsibilities - Maintain high availability and strong performance across production database systems. - Plan, test, and carry out disaster recovery procedures with a zero-data-loss objective. - Maintain database security, access controls, and adherence to security protocols. - Analyze and tune database performance and diagnose difficult production performance issues. - Work closely with engineers on requirements gathering, system design, design reviews, performance tuning, and technical support. - Administer operational data systems in a highly technical production environment. - Deliver reliable work under tight deadlines and remain composed during high-pressure incidents. Must-Have Skills - Approximately 3 to 4 years of hands-on database administration experience. - Experience with both Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora P

- **Id**: 3683289
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/upwork-database-administrator>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bogotá, Colombia
- **Countries**: CO
- **Hiring countries**: CO
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T13:35:01Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-03T18:42:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-03T18:42:00Z
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3008
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Freelance & Talent Marketplaces

## Company

- **Id**: 3606
- **Name**: Upwork
- **Domain**: upwork.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/upwork>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: yes
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 33
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 20
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Remote working hours

- **Label**: CT
- **Utc offset min**: \-6
- **Utc offset max**: \-6

## Technologies

- **Amazon Aurora** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **MS SQL** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **PowerShell** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **Flink** — Optional: yes
- **MySQL** — Optional: yes
- **Snowflake** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Colombia** — Iso: CO; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T13:53:50Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-03T18:42:00Z

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