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Senior DBA II

RELX INC

Houston, TXFull-time$95–159K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$95–159K/yr
Location
Houston, TX
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior DBA II will provide database administration and design expertise for business-critical platforms, working with development teams from project inception through delivery. The role includes mentoring junior staff, resolving performance and infrastructure issues, and contributing to technical strategy through research, design guidance, and recommendations for database and back-office infrastructure changes.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Database Administration, requiredDatabase Design, requiredMySQL, requiredPostgreSQL, nice to haveSQL Server, nice to haveTerraform, requiredGitHub, requiredCloud Computing, requiredAWS, requiredAzure, requiredRoot Cause Analysis, requiredProblem Solving, requiredImpact Analysis, requiredOrganization, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredTroubleshooting, required

Qualifications

5+ Years DBA Experience, requiredBS Engineering/Computer Science or Equivalent Experience, required

Full job description

Boca Raton, FL

Florida

Texas

Georgia

Full time

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Are you a database professional who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges and driving operational excellence? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your expertise can influence technical strategy and support business-critical platforms?

Are you passionate about improving database performance, mentoring others, and researching emerging technologies? Join us and help deliver reliable, scalable database solutions that make a meaningful impact.

About the Business:

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below,

https://risk.lexisnexis.com

About our Team:

The team is a geographically distributed DBA/technology team with roughly 20 members across home-based, office-based, and contractor roles. The team includes both employees and contractors and provides database/infrastructure coverage across multiple locations, with a mix of operational support and technical expertise.

About the Role:

This position is a senior role within the database administration team. This position requires total proficiency in all aspects of database administration and design. This position is expected to mentor and oversee junior members of staff and will work closely with the development teams to provide high-quality business solutions and play an active role in projects from inception to delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Resolve performance issues and root cause resolution.

  • Ensure clear and early communication, in particular ensuring that the line manager and/or relevant parties are kept informed of progress, issues, and difficulties.

  • Train junior-level DBA staff as necessary, ensuring they are up to speed on critical processes and technologies.

  • Lead research into new or alternative technologies.

  • Review and sign off recommendations for upgrades or changes to the back-office infrastructure environment.

  • Engage with Technical Architects and other senior members of Development teams to provide technical designs and guidance to the Database Operations team, taking responsibility for the implications and impact of their design decisions.

  • Responsible for maintenance and “bug fix” activities for existing database infrastructure and equipment.

  • Undertake research into new or alternative technologies and make recommendations for upgrades or changes to the database infrastructure environment.

Requirements

  • Minimum 5+ years of DBA experience

  • BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required

  • Experience as a MySQL DBA along with PostgreSQL or SQL Server is beneficial.

  • Proficient in Terraform and Github, Cloud experience such as AWS or Azure (preferably Azure).

  • Strong understanding of database infrastructure, maintenance, administration, and design.

  • Ability to complete root cause analysis on database-related issues.

  • Strong problem-solving skills in multiple operating environments.

  • Ability to complete impact analysis on database-related issues.

  • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

  • Proven ability to troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues that involve database infrastructure.

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $95,300 - $158,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here (https://www.relx.com/careers/join-us/benefits) to access benefits specific to your location.

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RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.

Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.

How this job compares

Set against the 718 open Database Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$95–159K/yr
  • Texas median$95–163K/yr22 salary ranges
  • US median$100–157K/yr463 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $127K, is 5% below the Texas median midpoint ($134K) — in the middle half of Database Administrator salary ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 46 open Database Administrator jobs in Texas and 718 across the US. 14% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Database Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (573 postings).
Education
174 of the 718 open Database Administrator jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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