Senior Database Administrator

Summary

Join Encora as a Senior Database Administrator in Colombia for a remote position! You will design, develop, and maintain high-quality software solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams. Lead technical projects, mentor junior engineers, and improve software development practices. Daily work involves close collaboration with operations teams to ensure continuous database needs in production environments. This role offers growth opportunities and a mix of big-picture involvement and day-to-day delivery. Contribute to team delivery and facilitate client needs in database operations, participating in broader design, process, and operational discussions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
• Professional/Advanced English skills
• 4+ years’ experience as a DBA in software engineering or production operations
• Experience in MSSQL database administration for service delivery and production Automation
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (or greater)
• Experience in Always On availability groups
• Experience in segmentation and replication of data
• Experience in domain governance
• Database Troubleshooting experience
• Experience reviewing database performance and resourcing
• Capacity to complete SQL statement syntax and performance review
• Experience with database management within a DevOps approach (especially in AWS cloud)
• Strong technical aptitude/rapport and ability to: Covey technical content in a clear, concise manner, using language appropriate for the audience
• Understand and process technical information with ease
• Ability to work and contribute within a global technical team

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient software applications
• Lead technical projects
• Mentor junior engineers
• Continuously improve software development practices to ensure the delivery of robust and reliable software systems
• Work closely with the operation teams to ensure that we deliver database needs continuously within production environments
• Contribute to team delivery and facilitate client needs in database operations
• Participate in broader design, process, and operational discussions

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with data modeling and schema design
• Comfortable with source control systems
• Ability to adjust to rapid changes in deadlines and priorities
• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (or more) and Database Administration
• Microsoft Certifications (SQL, DBA, etc.)
• Relational databases and normalization
• Transactional replication
• Experience with Microsoft SQL SSRS reporting
• Experience with Microsoft SQL SSIS services
• Experience with Azure Fabric or Power Platform