Senior Database Administrator
About the role
The Senior Database Administrator (SDA) position is a key member of Kaseware’s Engineering organization. This role is a blend of hands-on operations, deep performance tuning, and architecture-level data work. The SDA will own the health, performance, and design of Kaseware's data visualization tier, primarily Metabase using PostgreSQL across various environments.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day administration of Kaseware's PostgreSQL and Metabase deployments, including configuration, capacity, backups, and recovery
- Lead query and database performance tuning, explain plan analysis, index design and review, connection pooling, etc.
- Partner with the Data team to optimize Metabase performance - query review, dashboard tuning, source-database optimization, caching strategies, and Metabase application database administration
- Design and maintain backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies that meet customer and compliance requirements (RPO/RTO)
- Implement and operate database monitoring, alerting, and observability - query performance, slow logs, replication health, and capacity trends
- Establish and document database standards, runbooks, and best practices; mentor engineering and data team members on database design and SQL performance
- Contribute new ideas and improvements to the Kaseware data architecture as the platform and customer footprint grow
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of professional database administration experience, including significant time owning production database environments at scale
- Expert-level PostgreSQL skills - deep performance tuning, index strategy, query plan analysis, vacuum/autovacuum tuning, replication, partitioning, extensions, and connection pooling (PgBouncer or comparable)
- Hands-on experience with Azure Database for PostgreSQL (Single Server, Flexible Server, or Hyperscale/Citus); broader Azure data services experience is a plus
- Production experience with Metabase or comparable BI/reporting platforms, including performance tuning of dashboards and the underlying source databases
- Schema design, data modeling, and database migration experience for production systems
- Experience supporting compliance-driven environments (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, CJIS, or similar), particularly with respect to database controls - encryption, access management, and audit logging - is strongly preferred
- Familiarity with graph databases (e.g., ArangoDB, Neo4j, JanusGraph, or comparable) and graph query languages is a strong plus
- Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate technical findings into clear guidance for engineering and data team partners
- Able to work independently, prioritize against team objectives, and operate effectively in a hybrid or remote environment
Qualifications
- Language: English
- Active DoD Secret clearance, or eligibility to obtain one, is a plus
Benefits
- Base salary range: $135,000 - $165,000 annually
- Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance with generous company contribution
- Flex Spending Accounts
- Unlimited paid vacation
- 12 paid company holidays
- Paid Sick Time
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k with company matching
- EcoPass provided for Colorado-based employees
About Kaseware
Kaseware is a rapidly growing start-up located in the Denver metro area. We build state-of-the-art software for law enforcement and corporate security customers. We serve those that serve our communities and make our world safer. Due to the nature of our business, you must be able to pass a full CJIS compliant fingerprint based background check, which is required for individuals needing access to criminal justice information (CJI).
We are unable to sponsor at this time. We expect this role to be open until June 30th, 2026 or until filled.