Database Administrators design, deploy, monitor, and optimise database systems — PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, plus cloud-native databases (RDS, Spanner, Aurora). The role spans operations (backup, recovery, replication) and architecture (schema, query optimisation, capacity planning).
Salary by Experience Level
Junior
$75,000 – $110,000
per year
Mid-Level
$115,000 – $170,000
per year
Senior
$175,000 – $260,000
per year
Required Skills
PostgreSQL or MySQL (deep)Oracle or SQL Server (enterprise)Replication and HA patternsBackup / DR strategiesQuery optimisationCloud DBaaS (RDS, Aurora, Cloud SQL)Monitoring (pgAnalyze, Datadog DBM)Schema migration tooling (Flyway, Liquibase)