Database Administrator
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Senior Database Administrator managing SQL Server and Oracle platforms for Intelex’s EHSQ SaaS software. Automating resilient, secure database operations across AWS and Azure environments.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, administer, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments
- Support Oracle environments as needed
- Establish standards for schema design, indexing, query optimization, database governance, and operational excellence
- Analyze execution plans, tune queries, optimize indexing strategies, and resolve database performance bottlenecks
- Apply partitioning, replication, and caching to improve performance and data access
- Design and maintain high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions using Microsoft Clustering, Always On Availability Groups, and Oracle Data Guard
- Lead capacity planning, backup and recovery strategies, and automated failover and recovery testing
- Integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines with automated schema migrations and rollback processes
- Use Terraform or similar IaC tools and PowerShell, Python, or Bash to automate provisioning, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and alerting
- Support observability using Redgate, New Relic, and PagerDuty
- Implement role-based access control, encryption, auditing, and database security practices supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA requirements
- Partner with security teams on vulnerability mitigation
- Participate in a rotational on-call schedule
- Conduct root-cause analysis to prevent recurring database incidents
- Contribute to architecture and design reviews and shape database standards and modernization initiatives
Requirements:
- 7+ years of relevant experience managing enterprise database platforms
- Deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server administration
- Experience supporting Oracle environments is an asset
- Expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, and execution-plan analysis
- Hands-on experience in replication, clustering, and high-availability configurations
- Experience designing and maintaining backup, disaster recovery, and failover strategies for business-critical database environments
- Proficiency with T-SQL and SQL scripting
- PL/SQL experience is valuable
- Hands-on automation experience with PowerShell, Python, or Bash
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Structured, analytical, and problem-solving mindset
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively across engineering, cloud operations, platform, and security teams
- Ability to balance immediate operational needs with long-term reliability, scalability, and maintainability
- Willingness to participate in a rotational on-call schedule
Benefits:
- Medical and dental coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Wellbeing support
- Meal and food voucher
- Paid vacation in accordance with Brazilian legislation
- Additional time-off benefits
- Parental leave
- Remote work
- Support for home-working expenses
- Wellness allowance
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program
- Career development support
- Opportunities to grow your skills and collaborate with global teams
- Transportation support
- Other benefits in accordance with local policies















