Remote DBA for Financial Systems

Description

Remote DBA for Financial Systems

Lead the Integrity of Financial Data from Anywhere

Picture this: every transaction, every ledger update, every user query, and every mission-critical report in a fast-evolving financial environment depends on your expertise. Thatโ€™s the impact youโ€™ll have as our Remote Database Administrator for Financial Systems. If safeguarding data accuracy, optimizing performance for high-stakes decision-making, and shaping the digital backbone of modern finance sound like a challenge youโ€™re ready to ownโ€”this is your platform.

Why This Role Matters

Youโ€™ll architect, monitor, and enhance the database ecosystem that powers payments, compliance, and reporting for thousands of financial users worldwide. Your ability to foresee risks, deploy secure backup strategies, and tune mission-critical queries will empower analysts, executives, and clients to trust their data implicitly. Here, your contributions mean direct results: secure transactions, faster closes, and real-time insights that keep our organizationโ€”and our usersโ€”ahead of the curve.

What Youโ€™ll Achieve

  • Shape robust onboarding and maintenance workflows that guarantee minimal downtime for end users.
  • Implement agile, automated backup and recovery procedures to minimize manual overhead and eliminate the risk of data loss to zero.
  • Partner with engineering and finance teams to streamline integrations across accounting, payment gateways, and regulatory reporting
  • Guide cloud migration strategies that deliver scalability and cost efficiency without sacrificing compliance
  • Be the expert voice simplifying complex data processes over Zoom, Slack, and project dashboards.
  • Monitor, analyze, and resolve performance bottlenecksโ€”whether itโ€™s query optimization or resource allocationโ€”before they impact mission-critical reporting.
  • Stay ahead of threats by managing advanced security protocols, user access controls, and encryption, ensuring every byte meets regulatory and privacy requirements.

What Sets You Up for Success

  • A mindset that views every system challenge as an opportunity to innovate for stability and growth
  • A track record of designing, deploying, and supporting financial databasesโ€”think PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQLโ€”in highly regulated, high-transaction environments
  • Experience with cloud database platforms (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, Google Cloud SQL) and familiarity with secure cloud migration workflows
  • Mastery in scripting and automationโ€”PowerShell, Bash, Pythonโ€”so youโ€™re always one step ahead of routine tasks.
  • Proven ability to simplify complex technical ideas, guiding finance and engineering partners toward unified solutions
  • Deep familiarity with backup retention policies, disaster recovery planning, and transaction-level auditing

Tools, Technologies & Remote Collaboration

  • Youโ€™ll work across a remote-first stack: Jira for project management, Confluence for documentation, and a blend of SQL development tools (Toad, DBeaver, DataGrip) for hands-on data work.
  • Our secure environment relies on multifactor authentication, encrypted VPN access, and strict access managementโ€”your attention to detail keeps it airtight.
  • Youโ€™ll shape not just workflows but also culture: mentoring junior DBAs, leading retrospectives, and championing best practices in an environment that values deep work and focused autonomy.

What Youโ€™ll Experience Here

We move quickly yet always make room for focused analysis and innovation. Collaboration thrives asynchronously: youโ€™ll partner with engineers to architect seamless integrations, empower analysts with real-time dashboards, and advise finance leads on optimizing workflows for compliance and speed. Your insights will drive improvements that ripple across the entire financial operations lifecycle.

Your Impact in Numbers

  • Oversee systems supporting 10,000+ daily financial transactions
  • Reduce backup windows by up to 40% through automation
  • Strengthen data integrity and uptime for global usersโ€”ensuring financial operations remain smooth and secure

Qualifications That Resonate

  • A university degree (bachelorโ€™s or masterโ€™s) in computing, IT systems, software architecture, data science, or another technology-focused specialty
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in financial database administration, including cloud and on-premise systems
  • Expertise in database performance tuning, monitoring, and security protocols within financial domains
  • Familiarity with audit and compliance standards such as SOX, PCI DSS, or GDPR
  • Skill at translating technical challenges into clear action plans for cross-team partners

What Makes You Stand Out

You thrive on solving problems that directly influence financial trust. You view every incident as an opportunity to build a safer, more intelligent system. You listen first, then drive improvementsโ€”whether youโ€™re coaching a new hire, mapping out a migration, or fine-tuning a backup policy. If youโ€™re energized by the idea of remote collaboration, real impact, and continuous learning, youโ€™ll fit right in.

Compensation & Rewards

Youโ€™ll receive an annual salary of $120,000โ€”with flexibility, autonomy, and opportunities to grow as a leader in financial systems management.

Letโ€™s Build the Future of Finance Together

If youโ€™re ready to lead, innovate, and safeguard the data that powers modern financeโ€”from anywhereโ€”this is your invitation. Letโ€™s connect and explore what we can build together.