Database Administrator jobs in Chicago
33 current database administrator openings in Chicago, aggregated from public boards and linking straight to the employer's own posting. 25 employers are hiring across this list right now.
Working as a database administrator in Chicago
Trading, logistics, healthcare and enterprise software, with costs well below the coasts for comparable pay. A strong market for data and finance-adjacent analytical roles in particular.
Most of the hiring in this list clusters around The Loop, River North and Fulton Market. Location on a posting is not always literal — check whether a role is genuinely on site, and whether "remote" means remote within the country or remote from anywhere, because the two are priced differently.
Senior Database Administrator Chicago, IL / Remote / Hybrid / Detroit, MI Information Technology / Full Time Hybrid / Hybrid Senior Database Administrator Employment Type…
Senior Database Administrator II Employment Type: Full-Time, Mid Level Department: Information Technology Contact Government Services is seeking a Senior Database Adminis…
The Lead Database Administrator is a senior member of the database team responsible for the advanced operational support, performance optimization, and architectural main…
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Senior Database Administrator Hiring Department : Info Tech Services Location : Chicago, IL USA Requisition ID : 1041207 FTE : 1 Work Schedule : Days: M-F; On Call Workpl…
Discovery Database Administrator (DBA) Employment Type: Full-Time, Executive-Level Department: Legal CGS is seeking a dedicated Discovery Database Administrator to join a…
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA) Employment Type: Full-Time, Executive-Level Department: Legal CGS is seeking a dedicated Senior Discovery Database Administr…
Position: BigQuery Database Administrator (DBA) Location: Chicago preferred; remote within the U.S. considered Employment Type: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire Work Authorizatio…
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Cloud Systems Architect Chicago, IL / Remote / Hybrid / Detroit, MI Information Technology / Full Time Hybrid / Hybrid Cloud Systems Architect Employment Type: Full-Time,…
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Chicago, Illinois Downers Grove, Illinois Full time R-26-0037490 Location(s) Chicago, Illinois, Downers Grove, Illinois Details _Kemper is one of the nation's leading spe…
Relativity Administrator Employment Type: Full-Time, Experienced Department: Technology Support CGS is seeking a Relativity Administrator to join our team supporting the …
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IBM scheduler $75 Hybrid - Riverwoods, IL Client Kit BGV must be cleared to start What are the top 3 skills required for this role? IBM Workload Scheduler, Linux OS Admin…
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Constellation Energy seeks an Implementation & Support Manager to lead deployment and ongoing support of ISFSI systems for utility and energy customers. You will oversee …
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The CRM and Marketing Technology Administrator will serve as the firm’s primary product administrator of the firm’s client relationship management system (CRM) LexisNexis…
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Title: Complaint Intake/Triage Analyst Location: Chicago, IL Security Clearance: Public Trust Schedule: Due to the nature of law enforcement work and operation, position …
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Senior Accounting Technician Employment Type: Full-Time, Mid-Level Department: Finance CGS is seeking a Senior Accounting Technician to join our team supporting the missi…
Database Administrator pay and hiring, asked properly
What salary can a database administrator expect?
In India, roughly 6–14 LPA at mid-level and 18–35 LPA senior, with Oracle and large-scale production experience at the top. The US band is about $85,000–$130,000, the UK £40,000–£70,000. On-call responsibility is usually what explains the gap between two otherwise similar offers.
Is the DBA role disappearing into cloud managed services?
The routine half is — patching, backups and failover are handled by the provider now. What has not gone away is query performance, schema design, capacity and the incident at two in the morning. The title increasingly appears as database reliability or data platform engineer, and it pays better under those names.
What do interviews actually test?
Performance diagnosis, more than administration. Expect to explain why a query got slow, how you would read an execution plan, what an index costs on writes, and how you would restore to a point in time. Being able to talk through a real outage you handled is worth more than any product knowledge.
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