Senior SQL DBA — Cloud Migrations, Automation, Onsite

Maersk; Castilla-La Mancha; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits above law

Monday to Friday

Fully onsite role

Job summary

Maersk is seeking an experienced Senior DBA to shape, automate, and support complex SQL Server environments, on‑prem and in the cloud. You will lead migrations, automate infrastructure as code, monitor health, and build data pipelines using diverse technologies.

You will implement high-availability, security, and runbooks while collaborating with DevOps, Cloud, and Engineering teams to integrate database provisioning into CI/CD pipelines. This role is onsite in Spain.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience administering SQL Server in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience with database migrations and management in Azure and/or AWS cloud environments.
• Extensive ETL/orchestration experience with SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Kafka, and/or Airflow.
• Deep understanding of backup/recovery strategies, high-availability setups, replication, and performance tuning.
• Strong scripting skills—PowerShell, Bash, T-SQL; experience integrating DBA automation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to resolve performance and availability issues.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and manage SQL Server platforms (on‑premises and cloud).
• Plan migrations to Azure and AWS with minimal downtime.
• Build automated infrastructure using Ansible and Terraform.
• Monitor with Prometheus & Grafana; create dashboards and alerts.
• Design and operate ETL pipelines with SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Kafka, or Airflow.
• Automate backups, patching, health checks, and index/statistics maintenance.
• Troubleshoot deadlocks, long-running queries, I/O, memory, and CPU issues.

Skills

SQL Server

Ansible

Terraform

Azure

AWS

ETL Orchestration

PowerShell

Bash

T-SQL

CI/CD Automation

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

SSIS

Azure Data Factory

Kafka

Airflow

Job description

Maersk is seeking an experienced Senior DBA to shape, automate, and support complex SQL Server environments, on‑prem and in the cloud. You will lead migrations, automate infrastructure as code, monitor health, and build data pipelines using diverse technologies.

You will implement high-availability, security, and runbooks while collaborating with DevOps, Cloud, and Engineering teams to integrate database provisioning into CI/CD pipelines. This role is onsite in Spain.