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Database Administrator jobs in Portland, OR
Database administrators keep an organization's databases fast, available, and recoverable — tuning performance, managing backups and security, and planning for growth.
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$32–$79/hr
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Position Summary Our Deloitte Enterprise Performance team is at the forefront of enterprise technology, working across finance, supply chain, and IT operations to deliver holistic performance improvement and digital tran…
$114k - $142k
Experience working with data models and managing data at scale, including comfort writing and reasoning about SQL against relational databases. Strong collaboration and communication skills, especially explaining technic…
$28.99 - $35.43 per hour
At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, al…
technical consultant, hands-on configuration and development, or technical lead capacityREQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS * Certified System Administrator (CSA) * CIS - Software Asset Management (CIS-SAM) PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS…
control.Prepare the Project Management Plan of Construction Management Plan.Develop procedures for executing construction contract administration such activities including document, change, time, cost, quality, and safet…
$80k - $95k
Go Developer – Remote Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opportunity…
$80k - $110k
Preferred Qualifications Oracle Cloud Platform Application Integration certification. Experience with Oracle Autonomous Database integration. Familiarity with event-driven integration on OCI. Exposure to DevOps and CI/CD…
$85k - $110k
CUDA Developer – Remote Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opportunit…
What you’ll need to succeed as a Database Administrator at XPO Minimum qualifications: ~ Bachelor's degree ~2 years of database administration experience with Oracle Server ~ Expertise in Oracle technologies, OCI, Exadat…
About Us Swan Island Networks has been developing situational intelligence and alerting software for over a decade. Swan Island's current TX360® platform helps companies make faster, better informed decisions in mission…
Work at entp! Frontend Developer ENTP is looking to add a Frontend Developer The Job Lighthouse is getting a major facelift and we're 90% of the way there, but we need a designer/frontend developer to round out the devel…
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What database administrators earn in Portland
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $32–$45 | $66k–$94k |
| Mid level | $45–$61 | $94k–$127k |
| Senior | $58–$79 | $121k–$165k |
Adjusted for the Portland market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQLQuery tuning and indexingBackup and recoveryHigh availability and replicationSecurity and access controlCapacity planningScripting and automationCloud database servicesWorking with developers
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
A critical query got slow overnight. How do you investigate?
Check execution plans, statistics, recent changes, and blocking. A structured path from symptom to cause is what they are grading.
Walk me through your backup strategy and how you verify it.
Cover full/differential/log backups, RPO/RTO targets, and regular restore testing. The verification part is where weak candidates fall down.
How do you decide what to index?
Base it on query patterns and measured impact, and mention the write cost of over-indexing. Showing you remove indexes too is a good sign.
How would you design high availability for a critical database?
Discuss replication or availability groups, failover testing, and what the application must tolerate. Note that HA is not backup — they solve different problems.
A developer wants direct production database access. How do you respond?
Show least-privilege instincts with a service mindset: offer read replicas, audited access, or better tooling instead of a flat no.
Tell me about a data-loss scare or recovery you performed.
A calm, honest recovery story — what was lost, what was restored, what changed after — demonstrates exactly the judgment this role exists for.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For database administrators specifically — generic advice costs you here
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State the database platforms and versions you ran, with the size and count of databases managed.
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Quantify performance work: query times cut, storage reclaimed, downtime avoided during migrations.
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Highlight zero-data-loss recoveries or successful DR tests — recoverability is the core promise of the role.
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Show cloud migration experience (RDS, Azure SQL, Cloud SQL) as most DBA hiring now expects it.
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Mention automation of routine maintenance; it signals you scale beyond hand-run scripts.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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Database Administrator
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