Database Engineer - Deployment & HA (Barcelona)

Sanofi; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi is seeking a Database Engineer – Deployment and Support to join our Digital Technology Service Quality team in Barcelona. You will build, deploy and support the enterprise database estate, focusing on high availability, security, and compliance across SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL, with IaC and CI/CD pipelines guiding changes from development to production.

You will own deployments from day one, provide L2/L3 incident response, optimize performance, manage backups, and

Qualifications

• Experience deploying and supporting enterprise databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL) in large-scale, global environments; regulated industry experience is a plus
• Hands-on expertise in database deployment, high availability (Always On, RAC, replication), backup/recovery, performance tuning, and security; proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred), schema migration tools, and scripting (PowerShell, Python, T-SQL, PL/SQL); working knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and managed database services
• Strong working knowledge of ServiceNow (Incident, Change, CMDB) and ITIL practices; experience with monitoring platforms (Datadog, Splunk) and alert design
• Strong ownership mindset and calm under pressure during incidents; rigorous attention to detail in change control and documentation

Responsibilities

• Deploy databases as code using Terraform, Ansible, and migration tooling (Liquibase, Flyway, DACPAC), with CI/CD pipelines that validate, test, and promote changes from Dev to Production
• Design and operate high availability and disaster recovery — Always On availability groups, Oracle Data Guard, PostgreSQL replication, and cloud-native failover — with regular testing to prove recovery commitments
• Provide L2/L3 operational support and participate in on‑call rotation, diagnosing and resolving incidents including replication failures, performance degradation, backup issues, and corruption scenarios
• Optimize performance and capacity using execution plans, wait statistics, and platform-native tools (Query Store, AWR, pg_stat_statements), partnering with application teams on indexing and query tuning
• Execute patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management, meeting compliance SLAs and driving end‑of‑life remediation across the estate
• Implement database security and compliance — encryption, auditing, privileged access control, and data masking — maintaining validation documentation for GxP‑regulated systems
• Automate repetitive tasks with PowerShell, Python, and platform APIs, building reusable, production‑grade automation that eliminates manual toil
• Onboard databases into monitoring and observability platforms (Datadog, Splunk), defining meaningful alerts and dashboards that drive proactive operations

Skills

Ownership mindset

Calm under pressure

Attention to detail

Clear communicator

Automation-first

Team collaboration

Continuous improvement

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Liquibase

Flyway

DACPAC

Datadog

Splunk

PowerShell

Python

T-SQL

PL/SQL

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Sanofi is seeking a Database Engineer – Deployment and Support to join our Digital Technology Service Quality team in Barcelona. You will build, deploy and support the enterprise database estate, focusing on high availability, security, and compliance across SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL, with IaC and CI/CD pipelines guiding changes from development to production.

You will own deployments from day one, provide L2/L3 incident response, optimize performance, manage backups, and