Senior Azure Database Administrator - Hybrid Madrid

UST España & Latam; Madrid; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days Annual Leave plus discretionary days

Healthcare plan

Teleworking compensation

Free access to training platforms

Professional stability and career plans

Option for 12 or 14 payments

Work-Life Balance measures

UST Club Platform discounts

Job summary

UST España & Latam seeks a Senior Database Platform / Forward Deployed Engineer in Madrid. This role involves leading migrations to Azure database services and modernizing workloads, requiring 5-7 years of experience with Oracle and SQL Server. The work model is hybrid, allowing for 3 days in the office and 2 days remote, focusing on collaboration and innovation in cloud database management. Benefits include annual leave, health plans, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of hands-on experience as a Database Engineer working with Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server.
• Proven experience in migrating databases from on-premises to Azure database services.
• Strong understanding of database fundamentals across on-prem and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with multiple application and platform teams as a technical enabler.
• Support Agile Release Trains in onboarding to Azure database services.
• Define and drive end-to-end database migration strategies.

Skills

Database migrations

Azure database services

Oracle and SQL Server

DevOps mindset

Automation and self-service

Stakeholder management

English (B2+/C1)

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Database Platform / Forward Deployed Engineer to play a key role in onboarding application teams to Azure database services, leading database migrations from Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server to Azure, and modernizing workloads towards PostgreSQL where feasible.

We are strengthening our cloud database capabilities to support application teams in migrating from on-premises databases to secure, scalable Azure database services. As part of our cloud platform evolution, we provide curated Azure DB offerings, automation, and self-service capabilities that enable product teams to modernize their data layer while reducing dependency on central DBA operations.

Work model is hybrid in Madrid (3 days at the office, 2 days remote working), feel free to apply if you are also open for relocation.

Responsibilities

As a Database Platform Engineer, you will work closely with multiple application and platform teams, acting as a technical enabler and migration specialist within a complex enterprise environment.

Support multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and product teams in onboarding to Azure database services (Azure SQL, Oracle on Azure, PostgreSQL).

Assess existing on-premises Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases, analysing migration feasibility, risks, and constraints. Define and drive end-to-end database migration strategies in collaboration with application teams.

Execute migrations from on-prem environments to Azure, with a strong preference for Azure SQL and Oracle DB services, and support transformation to PostgreSQL where technically and functionally feasible.

Act as a technical bridge between application teams, Azure platform teams, central DB teams, and Oracle/Microsoft vendors.

Enable left-shifted database operations by introducing automation, self-service patterns, and standardized operational models.

Design and implement automation for database lifecycle operations such as:

• Access management
• Backup & restore
• Monitoring
• Patching and basic operations

Educate and coach application teams on cloud database concepts, platform standards, and operational responsibilities.

Contribute to reusable templates, reference architectures, documentation, and onboarding assets to support Azure DB adoption at scale.

5–7+ years of hands-on experience as a Database Engineer working with Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise environments.

Proven experience in migrating databases from on-premises to Azure database services (Azure SQL, Oracle on Azure, PostgreSQL).

Strong understanding of database fundamentals across on-prem and cloud environments.

Experience designing and implementing automated, self-service database capabilities, using Infrastructure as Code or platform tooling.

Strong DevOps mindset and familiarity with the “you build it, you run it” operational model.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, comfortable working across application, platform, and vendor teams.

Pragmatic, solution-oriented approach and ability to operate in complex, regulated enterprise environments.

• English at least B2+/C1

Work mode: Hybrid (3 days at the office, 2 remote working).

Benefits

• 23 days of Annual Leave plus the 24th and 31st of December as discretionary days
• Healthcare plan, teleworking compensation, Life and Accident Insurances
• Free access to several training platforms
• Professional stability and career plans
• UST also compensates referrals; you could benefit when you refer professionals
• Option to pick between 12 or 14 payments along the year
• Real Work Life Balance measures (flexibility, WFH or remote work policy, compacted hours during summertime)
• UST Club Platform discounts and gym access discounts

How to apply If you would like to know more, apply and we will get in touch to share details. UST is waiting for you.

Equal Opportunity In UST we are committed to equal opportunities in our selection processes and do not discriminate based on race, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation or nationality. We have a special commitment to Disability & Inclusion, so we are interested in hiring people with disability certificates.