Tech Lead Database Administrator

Summary

Join Encora as a Tech Lead Database Engineer/Administrator (DBA) and play a key role in managing, optimizing, and securing database environments. Ensure high availability, performance, and data integrity across systems. You will be responsible for the stability, performance, integrity, monitoring, and security of databases used by critical systems. Create and maintain disaster recovery strategies, security best practices, and compliance. This is a full-time, work-from-home position located in Brazil.

Requirements

• SQL Server administration (DBA level)
• Database design and modeling
• Advanced T-SQL and query optimization
• Performance tuning and indexing strategies
• Backup, restore, and disaster recovery planning
• Experience with GitHub
• SSIS proficiency
• Linux Shell scripting
• Security best practices and compliance
• Monitoring and logging best practices
• Agile/Scrum methodologies familiarity

Responsibilities

• Management and monitoring of production databases
• High-availability architecture implementation
• Database deployments and migration activities
• Query performance monitoring, analysis, and optimization
• Proactive management of database integrity, indexing, and statistics
• Disaster recovery strategy and implementation
• Troubleshooting database performance and stability issues
• Documentation, standards compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Python (preferred)
• AWS familiarity (S3, EC2 basics)

Benefits

Work from home