Remote Principal SQL DBA — Enterprise-Scale Performance

FullStack; Mar del Plata; Remote; ARS 181,747,000 - 272,620,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote work

Competitive pay

Opportunities with startups & Fortune

Continuing education opportunities

Career growth

Job summary

FullStack is seeking a Principal SQL Database Administrator to join our talent network and collaborate with US-based clients on flexible, project-based development work. You will integrate into client teams and drive SQL Server administration, performance tuning, and health management across large database environments.

We value advanced English, a four-year degree, and a proven track record in enterprise SQL Server environments, with experience in Windows hosting and CI/CD for database changes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional Database Administration experience.
• Advanced English is required.
• Successful completion of a four-year college degree is required.
• Demonstrated experience administering and maintaining Microsoft SQL Server at significant scale (1,000+ databases).
• Deep expertise in SQL Server administration within Windows-hosted environments.
• Strong experience with SQL Server performance tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Advanced knowledge of SQL Server indexing strategies and index optimization.
• Strong experience analyzing execution plans, query performance, waits, blocking, and locking.
• Proven ability to identify and resolve database performance bottlenecks proactively.
• Strong understanding of SQL Server maintenance and health management.

Responsibilities

• Integrate into client’s team and work daily with their designers and engineers.
• Administer and optimize large SQL Server environments (1,000+ databases) on Windows.
• Provide expert SQL Server administration, performance tuning, and root-cause analysis for issues.
• Ensure CI/CD practices for database changes and deployments.
• Maintain database health and implement best practices across environments.

Skills

SQL Server admin

Performance tuning

Index optimization

Execution plans

Production DB issues

Windows environments

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

English proficiency

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL Server

Windows Server

SQL Server Profiler

Job description

FullStack is seeking a Principal SQL Database Administrator to join our talent network and collaborate with US-based clients on flexible, project-based development work. You will integrate into client teams and drive SQL Server administration, performance tuning, and health management across large database environments.

We value advanced English, a four-year degree, and a proven track record in enterprise SQL Server environments, with experience in Windows hosting and CI/CD for database changes.