Remote DBA: SQL Server, PostgreSQL & Kafka Expert

Tusclases; Buenos Aires; Hybrid; ARS 92,875,000 - 154,792,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive compensation

Exciting projects

Flextime

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Database Administrator to manage, secure, and tune high-availability production databases in collaboration with engineering teams. The role requires hands-on work with Microsoft SQL Server, Aurora PostgreSQL, and Confluent Kafka, plus 3–4 years of DBA experience and upper-intermediate English.

You will perform disaster recovery planning, security enforcement, performance tuning, and close collaboration with developers to design scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years hands-on DBA experience required.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• AWS RDS and Aurora exposure required.
• Scripting in PowerShell or Python.
• Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
• Kafka (Confluent Kafka) administration and troubleshooting.
• Strong experience in performance analysis and tuning.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams under tight deadlines.
• Administration of high-availability production systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high availability of production database systems and ensure optimal performance.
• Plan and implement disaster recovery with zero data loss.
• Ensure database security including access control and security protocols.
• Analyze and tune database performance and diagnose issues.
• Collaborate with engineers on system design and performance tuning.
• Provide hands-on operations in a highly technical data environment.
• Stay composed under pressure while handling critical outages.

Skills

3–4 years DBA experience

Upper-intermediate English

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Aurora PostgreSQL

AWS RDS/Aurora

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Confluent Kafka

Job description

AgileEngine is seeking a Database Administrator to manage, secure, and tune high-availability production databases in collaboration with engineering teams. The role requires hands-on work with Microsoft SQL Server, Aurora PostgreSQL, and Confluent Kafka, plus 3–4 years of DBA experience and upper-intermediate English.

You will perform disaster recovery planning, security enforcement, performance tuning, and close collaboration with developers to design scalable solutions.