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Job DescriptionUW MEDICINE IT SERVICES has an outstanding job opportunity for a Systems Database Administrator( DBA) position.WORK SCHEDULE· 100% FTE - 40 hours per week· Day Shift - UW MEDICINE ITS SERVICES CORE HOURS A…
Engineering & IT · Seattle, WA
Database Administrator jobs in Seattle, WA
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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Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $50 billion-dollar global business on its trajectory to $100B. At Amazon Business, a fast-growing startup passionate about building solutions, we set out every day to innovate and di…
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The Senior Oracle Fusion Administrator is responsible for the overall administration, configuration, maintenance, and enhancement of Oracle Fusion Applications, with a primary focus on Financial (ERP), Supply Chain Manag…
$143.7k - $194.4k
Do you aspire to be a world class front-end engineer, and learn from experts in the field? Are you passionate solving user interface and UX problems in a large scale environment? Do you want to be a part of a fast-paced…
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Do you want to be a part of one of Amazon's largest big-data processing teams? Computing AWS bills, at its core, is a large-scale distributed systems problem that requires processing trillions of usage records every hour…
AWS is one of Amazon's largest and fastest-growing businesses, serving millions of customers in more than 190 countries. We use cloud computing to reshape the way global enterprises leverage information technology.The AW…
Where will Amazon's growth come from next year? In five years? Which product lines are staged to quintuple in size, and which ones are mature? Are we investing enough in our infrastructure, or too much? How will our cust…
$143.7k - $194.4k
The Pipelines team, part of the Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) organization, builds and operates the CI/CD platform used by thousands of Amazon builders every day to safely and swiftly release software. We orc…
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or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities and experience in Database like NoSQLAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on t…
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At the heart of Amazon's e-commerce business is the Item & Offer Platform engineering team. The platform is used by millions of merchants to expose customers to new products or new offerings on existing products. Using m…
$143.7k - $194.4k
AWS Transform is responsible for building Agentic AI systems aimed at helping customers modernize applications to achieve cost savings, security, scalability, and resiliency. We build next-generation, agent-driven soluti…
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thoughtful improvements within existing and greenfield codebases, including applications that integrate with third-party services and databases. You will partner with teammates and the business to understand requirements…
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What database administrators earn in Seattle
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $36–$51 | $75k–$106k |
| Mid level | $51–$69 | $106k–$144k |
| Senior | $66–$90 | $138k–$188k |
Adjusted for the Seattle 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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Junior DBA
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Database Administrator
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