High-Impact DBA: SQL Server & Aurora PostgreSQL (Remote)

Hire Hangar, Inc.; Ciudad de Mendoza; Hybrid; ARS 131,359,000 - 185,448,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive compensation

Exciting projects

Flextime

Job summary

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

The candidate will work with SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL on AWS RDS/Aurora, use Terraform and scripting (PowerShell or Python), and handle disaster recovery and security.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years hands-on DBA experience in production databases.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS RDS/Aurora.
• Programming experience with PowerShell or Python.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with Kafka (Confluent Kafka) administration and troubleshooting.
• Extensive experience with performance analysis and tuning.
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams and delivering under tight deadlines.
• Upper-intermediate English level.

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

Upper‑intermediate English

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Aurora PostgreSQL

AWS RDS/Aurora

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Confluent Kafka

Kafka administration

MongoDB

Job description

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

The candidate will work with SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL on AWS RDS/Aurora, use Terraform and scripting (PowerShell or Python), and handle disaster recovery and security.