Sr Database Administrator

Role overview

Own the reliability, performance, security, and ongoing improvement of a substantial Azure-based SQL Server estate. This senior role combines core database administration with automation and data platform work, supporting production and non-production systems, dependable pipelines, and recovery readiness.

Responsibilities

- Administer SQL Server virtual machines, high-availability clusters, Azure SQL logical servers, elastic pools, and managed instances across production and development environments. - Tune queries and databases, maintain indexes and statistics, plan capacity and costs, and manage access, backups, restores, and disaster recovery exercises. - Design and validate high-availability, recovery, and replication practices; monitor data consistency and work with application, reporting, and analytics teams on availability needs. - Build monitoring and alerting with Azure tools, SQL jobs, scripts, and incident notification services; join on-call rotations, lead incident response, and document follow-up improvements. - Use infrastructure-as-code and delivery practices to standardize database resources and deployments, and contribute to data governance, platform modernization, and database consolidation.

Requirements

- 8+ years administering Microsoft SQL Server, including 5+ years of T-SQL development and performance optimization and 3+ years in schema design or modernization. - At least 2 years working with Azure services and hands-on administration of Azure SQL and SQL Server in both IaaS and PaaS environments. - Experience with high-transaction OLTP systems, query tuning, and SQL Server failover clustering or Always On. - Proficiency with PowerShell automation and monitoring; experience with tools such as Azure Monitor, Foglight, or comparable solutions. - Experience with code review and mentoring, plus a willingness to expand into modern data platform practices. - A relevant bachelor's degree is required, or equivalent education and experience; a related master's degree is preferred.

Nice to have

- Data engineering or ETL/ELT experience; Terraform and infrastructure-as-code knowledge; lakehouse or medallion architecture; Databricks, Azure Data Factory, or Microsoft Fabric experience. - Background in cloud migrations, database DevOps, regulated environments, streaming, data governance, or YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines. Relevant Microsoft or Databricks certifications are valued.

Benefits and work setup

- The role is listed in Mexico City. Compensation and specific benefits were not provided in the available role details.