Senior Database Engineer

GeorgiaTEK Systems Inc.; Brasil; On-site; BRL 120,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GeorgiaTEK Systems Inc. is seeking a Database Administrator to oversee Microsoft SQL Server environments across on‑premises and cloud deployments. You will design high‑availability, disaster recovery solutions, perform migrations to AWS, and implement IaC for provisioning and lifecycle management.

The role emphasizes automation with Python, Terraform modules, and collaboration with DevOps, security, and application teams to ensure secure, reliable database operations.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on SQL Server administration with backup/recovery expertise.
• Experience with Always On availability groups and DR planning.
• Migrating on-prem databases to AWS, including RDS for SQL Server.
• Proficient in Terraform IaC and Python scripting for automation.
• Knowledge of database automation, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Familiar with ServiceNow incident/change workflows.
• Experience in hybrid cloud database environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize SQL Server databases.
• Design high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Plan on-prem-to-AWS migrations including RDS for SQL Server.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules for provisioning and lifecycle.
• Automate provisioning, upgrades, migrations, and maintenance with Python.
• Apply security patches and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Integrate DB ops with ServiceNow incident/change workflows.
• Document architectures and recovery procedures with cross‑team collaboration.

Skills

SQL Server administration

Always On / HA / DR

AWS migration

Terraform / IaC

Python scripting

Database automation

ServiceNow integration

Hybrid cloud experience

Tools

Terraform

ServiceNow

AWS

Job description

Duration: Long Term

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server databases across on-premises and AWS environments.
• Design and maintain high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, including SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, backup, restoration, and replication.
• Plan and execute on-premises-to-AWS database migrations, including Amazon RDS for SQL Server where applicable.
• Develop and maintain reusable Terraform modules and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for database provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Automate database provisioning, upgrades, patching, migrations, and routine maintenance using Python, automation playbooks, and configuration management tools.
• Implement security patches, remediate vulnerabilities, and maintain compliance with security standards.
• Integrate database operations with ServiceNow incident, change, and service request workflows.
• Document architectures, automation processes, migration plans, and recovery procedures while collaborating with cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, application, and security teams.

Required Skills

• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, backup, and recovery.
• Expertise in SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, high availability, disaster recovery, replication, and database upgrades.
• Experience migrating on‑premises databases to AWS, including Amazon RDS for SQL Server.
• Strong proficiency in Terraform, IaC, reusable modules, and Python scripting.
• Experience with database automation, configuration management, patching, vulnerability remediation, and lifecycle management.
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow incident and change management.
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud database environments.

Preferred Skills

• CI/CD pipelines and version control for infrastructure code.
• AWS infrastructure automation, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.