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Database Engineer roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field. The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, making it a practical path for Australian professionals targeting U.S. database roles at companies of any size.
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Get Access To All JobsOver the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated Database Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and supporting enterprise database platforms. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing Infrastructure Engineering team responsible for modernizing and transforming the firm's data platform and database services.
Candidates must have hands-on experience administering, automating, and supporting medium to large enterprise database environments. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in database engineering, software development, automation, cloud services, and platform engineering. Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, database lifecycle management, and cloud-hosted database services is highly desirable.
Reporting relationships
Reports to: Vice President, Infrastructure Engineering
Supervises: None
Primary functions and essential responsibilities
- Design, implement, administer, and support enterprise database platforms including Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, and cloud-native database services.
- Design and maintain highly available database architectures including clustering, replication, failover, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Develop and maintain automation solutions for database provisioning, configuration management, schema deployments, patching, backup validation, and health monitoring.
- Drive database platform modernization initiatives through scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and DevOps practices.
- Design and develop APIs, utilities, and self-service capabilities to automate database operations and improve service delivery.
- Implement and support cloud database services across Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
- Perform database performance tuning, query optimization, index management, and capacity planning activities.
- Monitor database health, capacity, availability, and security using enterprise monitoring and reporting platforms.
- Support database migration initiatives including on-premises to cloud migrations, platform upgrades, and version modernization projects.
- Partner with software development teams to establish database standards, deployment pipelines, and data architecture best practices.
- Build and maintain CI/CD integration for database changes, schema deployments, and platform automation workflows.
- Troubleshoot complex database, application, cloud, infrastructure, and performance-related issues.
- Develop operational dashboards, reports, and metrics utilizing Power BI, Grafana, or similar platforms.
- Collaborate with Security Operations teams to implement database security controls, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements.
- Maintain technical documentation including architecture diagrams, operational procedures, standards, and disaster recovery runbooks.
- Participate in technology transformation, platform engineering, and automation initiatives across the enterprise.
- Provide escalation support for Service Desk, Infrastructure, Production Support, and Application teams.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience managing and supporting enterprise database platforms.
- Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and/or MySQL database, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for PostgreSQL technologies.
- Demonstrated experience designing highly available database environments and disaster recovery solutions.
- Proven experience developing automation solutions using Python, PowerShell, C#, REST APIs, Git or similar programming languages.
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins and Infrastructure-as-Code practices preferred.
- Experience supporting cloud database solutions within Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of database security, encryption, authentication, and compliance requirements.
- Experience troubleshooting performance issues across large-scale database environments.
- Experience with monitoring, observability, performance tuning, and operational reporting platforms.
General Requirements:
- Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate, Azure Administrator Associate, Oracle Certified Professional, PostgreSQL certification, ITIL Foundation, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert are preferred.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical documentation and executive-level reporting.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver effectively in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
- Strong planning, organizational, stakeholder management, and project execution capabilities.
- Detail-oriented, customer-focused approach with an emphasis on automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across Infrastructure, Security, Application Development, Data Engineering, and Cloud teams.
- Ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable database solutions.
- Proven experience delivering database automation, platform modernization, and cloud transformation initiatives.
Compensation
The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.
- $200,000 - $225,000
The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.
Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.
There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.
Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated Database Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and supporting enterprise database platforms. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing Infrastructure Engineering team responsible for modernizing and transforming the firm's data platform and database services.
Candidates must have hands-on experience administering, automating, and supporting medium to large enterprise database environments. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in database engineering, software development, automation, cloud services, and platform engineering. Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, database lifecycle management, and cloud-hosted database services is highly desirable.
Reporting relationships
Reports to: Vice President, Infrastructure Engineering
Supervises: None
Primary functions and essential responsibilities
- Design, implement, administer, and support enterprise database platforms including Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, and cloud-native database services.
- Design and maintain highly available database architectures including clustering, replication, failover, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Develop and maintain automation solutions for database provisioning, configuration management, schema deployments, patching, backup validation, and health monitoring.
- Drive database platform modernization initiatives through scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and DevOps practices.
- Design and develop APIs, utilities, and self-service capabilities to automate database operations and improve service delivery.
- Implement and support cloud database services across Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
- Perform database performance tuning, query optimization, index management, and capacity planning activities.
- Monitor database health, capacity, availability, and security using enterprise monitoring and reporting platforms.
- Support database migration initiatives including on-premises to cloud migrations, platform upgrades, and version modernization projects.
- Partner with software development teams to establish database standards, deployment pipelines, and data architecture best practices.
- Build and maintain CI/CD integration for database changes, schema deployments, and platform automation workflows.
- Troubleshoot complex database, application, cloud, infrastructure, and performance-related issues.
- Develop operational dashboards, reports, and metrics utilizing Power BI, Grafana, or similar platforms.
- Collaborate with Security Operations teams to implement database security controls, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements.
- Maintain technical documentation including architecture diagrams, operational procedures, standards, and disaster recovery runbooks.
- Participate in technology transformation, platform engineering, and automation initiatives across the enterprise.
- Provide escalation support for Service Desk, Infrastructure, Production Support, and Application teams.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience managing and supporting enterprise database platforms.
- Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and/or MySQL database, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for PostgreSQL technologies.
- Demonstrated experience designing highly available database environments and disaster recovery solutions.
- Proven experience developing automation solutions using Python, PowerShell, C#, REST APIs, Git or similar programming languages.
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins and Infrastructure-as-Code practices preferred.
- Experience supporting cloud database solutions within Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of database security, encryption, authentication, and compliance requirements.
- Experience troubleshooting performance issues across large-scale database environments.
- Experience with monitoring, observability, performance tuning, and operational reporting platforms.
General Requirements:
- Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate, Azure Administrator Associate, Oracle Certified Professional, PostgreSQL certification, ITIL Foundation, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert are preferred.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical documentation and executive-level reporting.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver effectively in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
- Strong planning, organizational, stakeholder management, and project execution capabilities.
- Detail-oriented, customer-focused approach with an emphasis on automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across Infrastructure, Security, Application Development, Data Engineering, and Cloud teams.
- Ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable database solutions.
- Proven experience delivering database automation, platform modernization, and cloud transformation initiatives.
Compensation
The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.
- $200,000 - $225,000
The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.
Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.
There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Database Engineer
Translate your Australian credentials for U.S. employers
A three-year Australian bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems satisfies the E-3 visa specialty occupation requirement. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES member body before your first interview so employers have documentation ready when they ask.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to find companies that have filed LCAs for database engineering roles. Employers already familiar with LCA certification move faster and avoid delays caused by internal legal review.
Clarify the specialty occupation case for your specific title
Job titles like 'Database Administrator' or 'Data Engineer' cover a wide range of responsibilities. Before your offer letter is finalized, confirm the job description explicitly requires a degree in a directly related field, not just any bachelor's degree, to satisfy USCIS specialty occupation standards.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for the LCA and consulate steps
LCA certification and consulate preparation are the two steps most likely to delay a database engineer's start date. Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service manages both, so your employer doesn't need prior E-3 experience to get you across the line quickly.
Ask about contractor and consulting firm arrangements early
Many database engineering roles are filled through staffing firms or involve third-party worksites. The E-3 requires the sponsoring employer to be your direct employer of record. Confirm this before accepting an offer structured as a contractor placement.
Align your start date with DOL LCA processing timelines
DOL certifies most LCAs within seven business days, but your employer must post the LCA at the worksite for ten business days before filing. Build at least three weeks into your offer timeline between signing and your target start date.
E-3 Visa Database Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Database Engineer jobs with E-3 sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to search for Database Engineer roles filtered by E-3 visa sponsorship. Most general job boards don't flag E-3 eligibility, so you end up cold-filtering employers manually. Migrate Mate surfaces roles where employers are already open to E-3 candidates, which cuts out the outreach dead ends that slow most Australian applicants down.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Database Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, database engineering qualifies as a specialty occupation when the role requires at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a directly related field. The key is that the degree requirement must be specific to the field, not a generic 'any bachelor's degree' requirement. Roles involving database architecture, query optimization, data modeling, and cloud database management consistently meet this standard.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Database Engineer roles?
The E-3 has no annual lottery, no cap, and can be filed at any time of year. H-1B visa registrations are capped at 85,000 per year and selected by lottery, meaning a qualified database engineer can wait years for a slot. The E-3 approval process is also faster because there's no USCIS petition required for consular processing. For Australians, the E-3 is the more direct and reliable path.
Can I switch database engineering employers on an E-3?
Yes, but each employer change requires a new LCA and a new visa stamp if your current stamp lists the previous employer. Your E-3 status is employer-specific. If you're already in the U.S., your new employer can file a new I-129 to change your status without requiring you to leave, but the new LCA must be certified before you start with the new company.