Senior DBA: SQL Server & Aurora PostgreSQL — Remote & Growth

Sagan World Llc.; Buenos Aires; Hybrid; ARS 92,724,000 - 139,086,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive USD pay

Flextime

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Database Administrator to manage, secure, and tune high-availability production databases. This hands-on role collaborates with engineering teams to ensure performance, security, and reliability, focusing on DBA tasks rather than data engineering.

The ideal candidate has 3–4 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL, plus Terraform, Confluent Kafka, and AWS RDS/Aurora. Upper-intermediate English required.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years hands-on DBA experience.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS RDS and Aurora.
• Programming with PowerShell or Python.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Experience with Kafka (Confluent Kafka).
• Performance tuning and high availability / disaster recovery.
• Upper-intermediate English level.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high availability of production databases and ensure performance.
• Plan and execute disaster recovery with zero data loss.
• Secure databases and manage access controls per security protocols.
• Analyze and tune database performance and diagnose issues.
• Collaborate with engineers on design, tuning, and support.
• Hands-on administration of data systems supporting the website.
• Remain composed in high-pressure, demanding environments.

Skills

DBA experience

English proficiency

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Aurora PostgreSQL

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Confluent Kafka

AWS RDS

Aurora

Job description

AgileEngine is seeking a Database Administrator to manage, secure, and tune high-availability production databases. This hands-on role collaborates with engineering teams to ensure performance, security, and reliability, focusing on DBA tasks rather than data engineering.

The ideal candidate has 3–4 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL, plus Terraform, Confluent Kafka, and AWS RDS/Aurora. Upper-intermediate English required.