Senior DBA – High-Availability SQL Server & PostgreSQL

Yo Ai Labs; Buenos Aires; Hybrid; ARS 108,354,000 - 201,229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive compensation: USD-based

Exciting projects

Flextime: remote and office options

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Database Administrator to manage, secure, and tune high-availability production databases, collaborating closely with engineering teams.

The role requires experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Aurora PostgreSQL, Confluent Kafka, 3–4 years of hands-on DBA work, AWS RDS/Aurora, and upper-intermediate English. Hybrid work options and USD-based compensation are offered.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years hands-on DBA experience in production environments.
• Experience with both Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS (RDS and Aurora).
• Programming experience with PowerShell or Python.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with Kafka (Confluent Kafka) administration and troubleshooting.
• Strong performance analysis and tuning abilities.
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams and meeting tight deadlines.
• Experience administering 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

Microsoft SQL Server

Aurora PostgreSQL

AWS RDS/Aurora

PowerShell

Python

Kafka (Confluent Kafka)

Performance tuning

Collaboration with engineering teams

High-availability systems

Tools

Terraform

MongoDB

Snowflake

MySQL

Job description

AgileEngine is seeking a Database Administrator to manage, secure, and tune high-availability production databases, collaborating closely with engineering teams.

The role requires experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Aurora PostgreSQL, Confluent Kafka, 3–4 years of hands-on DBA work, AWS RDS/Aurora, and upper-intermediate English. Hybrid work options and USD-based compensation are offered.