Database Administrator Full Time | Bryan, Texas HQ $75,000 – $95,000 annually + benefits
Kent Moore Cabinets is a 700-person manufacturing company with critical business systems built on robust database infrastructure. We're looking for a Database Administrator to own the reliability, performance, and security of our database platforms — SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and databases running in Docker containers.
A major part of this role is managing data from Microvellum (MV), our cabinets design software. MV outputs a tremendous amount of complex data that drives our manufacturing operations and reporting. You'll partner with the Development team to organize, structure, and distribute that data across systems — from the ERP to analytics to production workflows. This data integration work is as important as traditional database administration.
You'll work directly with our IT Director, Development team, System Administrator, and Network Administrator. The System Administrator owns the servers and systems your databases run on; the Network Administrator ensures data transmission is reliable and performant. Close collaboration with all three is essential to success.
This role is essential to KMC's operation. Our manufacturing processes, ERP system, business reporting, and data-driven decision-making all depend on databases and data pipelines that work reliably, perform well, and recover quickly. You'll ensure database infrastructure and data flow are never the bottleneck.
This is not a support role. You own database platform strategy, health, and performance for the company.
Database Platform Operations
Administer SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database platforms
Manage databases running in Docker containers — health, performance, backup, recovery
Own database infrastructure: storage, memory allocation, backup systems
Establish and maintain database backup standards and restore procedures
Execute regular restore testing to ensure disaster recovery capability
Monitor database health, performance, storage, and growth across all platforms
Data Integration & Partnership (Microvellum)
Partner with the Development team to manage the data pipeline from Microvellum (MV) — a high-volume, complex data source
Work with Dev to ensure data structures, organization, and validation can be technically met and performed optimally
Provide database expertise on data models to support manufacturing operations and reporting
Ensure MV data distribution to systems that depend on it (ERP, reporting, analytics) is reliable and performant
Troubleshoot data quality issues in collaboration with Dev and advise on structural improvements
Optimize MV data extraction and transformation for performance and database reliability
Maintain documentation of MV data structures, dependencies, and database-level considerations
Performance & Optimization
Establish database performance baselines and monitor against them
Identify and tune slow queries; guide developers on query optimization
Manage indexing strategies and database maintenance jobs
Advise on schema design impact and database standards
Troubleshoot blocking, deadlocks, and performance issues
Own database permissions and access controls
Conduct quarterly access reviews and audit trails
Support compliance requirements and security standards
Implement database-level security (encryption, auditing where applicable)
Define and maintain database backup/restore standards
Set recovery objectives (RPO/RTO) in coordination with IT leadership
Own database incident response and root-cause analysis
Maintain documentation of database systems, dependencies, and recovery procedures
Automate database maintenance, monitoring, and health reporting
Partnership with Development
Guide development team on query performance, indexing, and database best practices
Review high-impact queries and advise on optimization
Coordinate with Development on production database changes
Support database-related incident response and troubleshooting
3+ years hands-on database administration
SQL Server administration (backup, recovery, performance, user management)
Database performance tuning and query optimization
Backup and disaster recovery implementation
Experience with database monitoring and alerting
5+ years total database administration experience
Experience managing databases in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Data integration, ETL, or data pipeline experience — organizing and distributing data from external systems
Experience in manufacturing, ERP, or business-critical database environments
Exposure to MySQL and/or PostgreSQL in addition to SQL Server
Experience with database automation and scripting (T-SQL, Python)
Familiarity with high-availability and disaster recovery architectures
Understanding of database security, compliance, and audit requirements
Certifications (Nice to Have):
Microsoft Certified: Data Administrator (DP-900 or equivalent)
CompTIA Security+
Vendor certifications (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
What matters most: You think about databases as systems that need to be reliable first, fast second. You're comfortable with on-call responsibilities when critical databases are involved. You document obsessively and automate ruthlessly. You can explain performance concepts to non-DBA people without being condescending. You care deeply about data integrity and recovery — if a database fails, you own the recovery plan.
Real database responsibility. You're not buried in support tickets. You own a critical platform that the entire company depends on.
Meaningful performance work. KMC's ERP and manufacturing systems are under real load. You'll see the impact of your optimization work directly.
Growing tech stack. We're modernizing our database infrastructure. You'll help guide our move toward SQL Server and PostgreSQL as primary platforms, with exploration of specialized databases like vector databases as our needs evolve.
Clear partnership with Development. Your job is to make the Development team successful, not to be a blocker. We collaborate on database design, not fight over it.
Manufacturing impact. Every query you optimize, every backup you validate, every disaster recovery plan you test supports real manufacturing operations. That's meaningful work.
Competitive compensation. We pay for expertise and experience. This role reflects senior-level responsibility.
Salary: $75,000–$95,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications Benefits include: Health, dental, vision insurance; 401(k) with company match; paid time off; professional development budget ($2,500+/year for training, certifications, conferences); on-call support compensation
Please upload your resume and a brief cover letter at our Paycom Careers website with the subject line "Database Administrator Application."
A complex database performance issue you solved and what you learned
Your experience with disaster recovery and backup testing
Why you care about data integrity and reliability
What database platforms you've worked with and how deep your experience is
We're reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Strong candidates will hear from us within 2 weeks.
Kent Moore Cabinets is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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3+ years hands-on database administration
SQL Server administration (backup, recovery, performance, user management)
Database performance tuning and query optimization
Backup and disaster recovery implementation
Experience with database monitoring and alerting
5+ years total database administration experience
Experience managing databases in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Data integration, ETL, or data pipeline experience — organizing and distributing data from external systems
Experience in manufacturing, ERP, or business-critical database environments
Exposure to MySQL and/or PostgreSQL in addition to SQL Server
Experience with database automation and scripting (T-SQL, Python)
Familiarity with high-availability and disaster recovery architectures
Understanding of database security, compliance, and audit requirements
Certifications (Nice to Have):
Microsoft Certified: Data Administrator (DP-900 or equivalent)
CompTIA Security+
Vendor certifications (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
What matters most: You think about databases as systems that need to be reliable first, fast second. You're comfortable with on-call responsibilities when critical databases are involved. You document obsessively and automate ruthlessly. You can explain performance concepts to non-DBA people without being condescending. You care deeply about data integrity and recovery — if a database fails, you own the recovery plan.
