Database Administrator: High Availability, AWS & Kafka

AgileEngine, LLC.; Santiago del Estero; Hybrid; ARS 123,977,000 - 185,966,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive USD pay

Exciting projects

Flextime: remote/office options

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Database Administrator to manage, secure, and tune high-availability production databases, collaborating with engineering teams. This hands-on DBA role focuses on database administration, performance, security, and reliability—not Data Engineering.

The candidate should have 3–4 years of hands-on DBA experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL, plus AWS RDS/Aurora, and scripting with PowerShell or Python. IaC with Terraform and Kafka experience are valued.

Qualifications

• Mid-level with 3 to 4 years of hands-on experience in the skills listed below.
• Experience with both Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS, particularly RDS and Aurora.
• Programming experience with PowerShell or Python.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform.
• Experience with Kafka (Confluent Kafka), including administration and troubleshooting.
• Extensive experience with performance analysis and tuning.
• Experience working closely with engineering teams, including requirements gathering, design reviews and delivering work on tight deadlines.
• Experience administering high-function, high-availability production systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high availability of production database systems and keep them performing well.
• Plan for and carry out disaster recovery, ensuring zero data loss in case of disaster.
• Keep database systems secure, including access control, and adhere to security protocols.
• Analyze and tune database performance, and diagnose difficult performance issues.
• Work closely with engineers on system design, performance tuning and technical support.
• Operate hands-on in an extremely technical environment, administering the data systems that support the website.
• Stay composed under pressure and navigate extremely stressful situations.

Skills

SQL Server

Aurora PostgreSQL

AWS

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Kafka

Performance tuning

High availability

Engineering collaboration

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Aurora PostgreSQL

AWS RDS

Confluent Kafka

Job description

AgileEngine is seeking a Database Administrator to manage, secure, and tune high-availability production databases, collaborating with engineering teams. This hands-on DBA role focuses on database administration, performance, security, and reliability—not Data Engineering.

The candidate should have 3–4 years of hands-on DBA experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL, plus AWS RDS/Aurora, and scripting with PowerShell or Python. IaC with Terraform and Kafka experience are valued.