Senior Database Administrator

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Database Administrator to take full ownership of a business‑critical database environment spanning Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, on‑premises infrastructure and Microsoft Azure. This remote position requires a hands‑on professional who can improve reliability, performance, security, disaster recovery and drive cloud modernization.

Key responsibilities

• Own performance, availability, capacity, security and recovery for SQL Server and PostgreSQL production environments.
• Establish and maintain monitoring, documentation, backup and disaster‑recovery standards.
• Lead major SQL Server upgrades, infrastructure migrations and Azure migrations.
• Design, implement and support high‑availability and disaster‑recovery solutions such as Always On and replication.
• Troubleshoot performance issues, query tuning, indexing, blocking and capacity planning.
• Automate administration tasks and operational processes.
• Collaborate with application, ERP, integration and BI teams.
• Define and enforce database engineering standards and best practices.

Required profile

• 7+ years of DBA or database engineering experience.
• Strong production experience with Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Hands‑on experience with SQL Server upgrades, infrastructure migrations and Azure database services.
• Deep knowledge of backup, restore, high‑availability, disaster‑recovery, performance tuning and security.
• Experience administering Windows Server and Linux environments.
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.

Required skills

• Microsoft SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• Microsoft Azure (including Azure database services)
• Windows Server
• Linux
• T‑SQL
• PowerShell, Bash or Python scripting
• High‑availability and disaster‑recovery technologies (Always On, replication)
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code and CI/CD for databases

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Flexible remote work environment
• Opportunities for professional and personal growth