Senior Database Administrator

Overview

About Arcwood

Every advancement—from the products we use to the medicines and technologies we depend on—creates waste that must be handled responsibly. For more than 50 years, Arcwood Environmental has helped organizations across the United States manage the byproducts of progress safely and thoughtfully. With deep expertise and innovative waste management technology across a growing nationwide footprint, Arcwood protects people, communities, and the environment through work that often happens behind the scenes.

Our Values

We Move Forward Together, One Team With a Shared Purpose, Counting On Each Other Every Day. Our Core Values Demonstrate How We Work Together To Deliver Value For Our Customers, Putting Them At The Center Of All We Do:

Lead with Safety: We uphold the highest safety and compliance standards to protect our teams, our customers and the communities that count on us.

Solve Problems Creatively: We push for better – advancing technologies, processes, and ideas that protect human health and the environment.

Own It Together: We are individually and collectively accountable for our work and our impact, knowing that progress is only achieved by working together – with our customers, and with each other.

Deliver for Customers: We put customers at the center of all we do. When we live our values – lead with safety, solving problems creatively, and owning our work together – the result is clear: we deliver exceptional value for our customers.

We’ve reached a unique point as a company: big enough to deliver broad capability and consistent performance, while striving to be nimbler and more responsive to our customers’ evolving needs. Come join Arcwood and be part of our legacy of environmental leadership!

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Senior Database Administrator We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Database Administrator to lead the administration, performance, reliability, and evolution of our enterprise database platforms across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

This is a mission-critical role requiring deep technical expertise, operational ownership, and the ability to work independently while collaborating closely with our Managed Service Provider (MSP) and internal development teams. The successful candidate will serve as the primary internal database authority supporting business-critical applications.

Environment Overview:

On-Premises, Cloud, and Hybrid infrastructure

Development, Test, Staging, and Production environments

Databases ranging from 400GB to 1TB+, depending on supported applications

Kubernetes (K8s) practices utilized for application deployment

CI/CD-driven release processes

24/7 on-call support shared with Managed Service Provider

Security aligned with cybersecurity best practices

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

Enterprise Database Administration

Administers and provides support for Oracle database, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) and database management system (Informix)

Manages installations, upgrades, patching, migrations, and lifecycle management across all environments

Supports database integration within CI/CD deployment pipelines

Coordinates database changes aligned with Kubernetes-based application deployments

Development Collaboration & Schema Design

Partners closely with application development teams to design and enhance database schemas

Reviews and optimizes data models to align with industry best practices and performance standards

Provides guidance on indexing strategies, normalization/denormalization approaches, and query optimization

Supports database design reviews during application development lifecycle

Ensures schema changes are properly versioned and aligned with CI/CD processes

Promotes scalable, maintainable, and secure database architecture standards

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

Designs, implements, and maintains high-availability configurations

Manages backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies

Performs routine recovery validation testing

Supports failover and business continuity planning

Performance & Optimization

Conducts advanced performance tuning and optimization

Analyzes execution plans, indexing strategies, and workload performance

Proactively monitors capacity and scalability requirements

Optimizes databases supporting large-scale (400GB–1TB+) workloads

Security & Safety

Implements database security hardening standards

Manages user roles, access controls, and permissions

Supports patching and vulnerability remediation

Ensures encryption and secure configuration alignment with cybersecurity policies

Prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and maintaining safe practices at all times

MSP Collaboration & Operational Leadership

Serves as the primary internal liaison to the Managed Service Provider

Coordinates escalations, patch cycles, and infrastructure-level changes

Validates technical recommendations and ensures SLA adherence

Provides oversight and technical direction for database initiatives

Automation & Process Improvement

Develops and maintains automation scripts (PowerShell, shell scripting, or similar)

Supports change management processes across environments

Contributes to continuous improvement initiatives within CI/CD workflows

Maintains detailed documentation and operational standards

Takes on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization, including maintaining the ability to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field (required)

Experience

7+ years of hands-on enterprise DBA experience (required)

Experience managing multiple environments (Dev/Test/Staging/Production) and working within a hybrid infrastructure including on-premises and cloud (required)

Experience supporting databases in 400GB-1TB+ range and environments utilizing Kubernetes and CI/CD practices (required)

Experience collaborating with Development teams on schema design/optimization, as well as with Managed Services Providers (required)

Preferred:

Experience with Informix database administration

Experience with database modernization initiatives

Exposure to containerized or cloud-native database integrations

Advanced scripting/automation experience

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

Arcwood offers stability you can count on and opportunities to grow. We provide steady work, competitive pay, and above-market benefits that reflect the importance of what we do. As we continue to grow, you’ll have the chance to build skills, take on new challenges, and build a career. When you join Arcwood, you join a team that honors its legacy, values hardworking people, and shows up every day to protect people, communities, and the future we share.

A post-offer drug screen and background check will be required.

Physical Job Requirements