Senior Database Administrator Cover Letter

Please consider me for the senior database administrator opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for direct operational support across all areas of the production database infrastructure including database clusters, database replication, release management and disaster planning.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Can plan complex tasks, and document and explain plans
• Criminal background check and drug testing will be administered
• RDBMS and Nosql solutions
• Data modeling and data flow design
• MSSQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch,, MongoDB
• Managing data Stores in AWS
• Synchronizing and migrating data stores between data centers
• HA and DR solutions

I would like to submit my application for the senior database administrator opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for assistance in database programming, troubleshooting and management of problems affecting IT and enterprise database applications, as well as developing the area for future expansion.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Experience administering MS SQL Core Server (Preferred)
• Familiarity of PeopleSoft Human Resources (HR), Financials (FIN) and Resource Management
• SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) (Preferred)
• Project Team Leadership (Preferred)
• Collaborate with Database Administration team to support all environments and technologies
• Collaborate with the release engineers to implement complex database changes in support of the application deployment
• Collaborate with data architect to consider and advocate for architectural and technology changes, considering product roadmap and timing implications
• When needed, work on a project independently, creating documentation to enable full team support

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the senior database administrator position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for architecture and support for technologies like clustering, replication, log shipping, mirroring, and partitioning.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Deploy the Databases in production and verify the platform health upon changes
• Define and maintain the Database key performance indices, system health thresholds, and known issues list to enable the NOC for monitoring and incident triggering
• Troubleshoot database platform problems, and drive short and long term corrective actions, and platform improvement plans
• Automate deployment procedures and platform templates to increase the maintenance and operational efficiency
• Work closely with the services team and the Product development team to tune and scale the database according to growth trends and projection plans
• Optimize the Database performance and system resources allocation to satisfy the application requirements and improve the cost model
• Experience in RDBMS and No-SQL Database platforms, preferably Oracle, MariaDB, Postgres and Cassandra
• Experience in designing and configuring enterprise-class scalable fault-tolerant architectures

I am excited to be applying for the position of senior database administrator. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for technical leadership to the database operations team to meet the customer’s expectations of a reliable and highly available database service.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience in the architectural design and implementation of enterprise class SQL Clusters
• Experience writing complex SQL, triggers, and procedures
• Relational database analysis and modeling experience
• Familiarity with UNIX environment and shell script
• Experience with SSMS, SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS
• Experience with Windows Cluster configuration, storage, and Quorum configuration
• Able to work extended hours and provide 24 x 7 on-call support
• Self-motivated with a hands-on and ownership attitude and keen attention to detail

In response to your job posting for senior database administrator, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for database design, capacity management, security compliance, proactive monitoring, backups, recovery and retention specifications.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Unix/Linux systems, utilities and scripting
• RabbitMq and MCollective Clusters
• Hardware load balancers
• Commitment to attend training and/or industry seminars as appropriate, to stay abreast of current technologies
• Previous experience on database warehouse administration
• Database patching and Database Cloning experience
• Experience with backup/restore/cloning functionality using RMAN
• Oracle support in .NET environment