Administrador Senior de Base de Datos SQL

PwC Acceleration Centers; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 434,707 - 608,589; Full time

Job summary

PwC Acceleration Centers is seeking a Senior Associate – SQL Database Administrator in Mexico City. The role involves managing high-performance SQL Server environments, ensuring reliability and security. Candidates must have 4–7 years of experience in advanced SQL Server administration, particularly in mission-critical situations. Key responsibilities include performance tuning, incident management, and compliance. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering is required. Join us to make impactful changes in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years in SQL Server administration in mission-critical environments.
• Experience with Always On AGs and clustering.
• Strong incident management and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer complex SQL Server estates including multi-node clusters.
• Engineer performance and capacity by tuning queries and analyzing plans.
• Secure environments by enforcing TDE, SSL, and auditing.

Skills

Advanced SQL Server administration

Performance tuning

Cluster management

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Job description

We’re hiring: Senior Associate – SQL Database Administrator (4–7 years) ONLY for CDMX

Own the reliability, performance, security, and availability of enterprise SQL Server environments. You’ll lead high‑impact changes, HA/DR, performance engineering, incident triage/RCA, and modernization/automation initiatives.

What you’ll do

• Administer complex SQL Server estates: Always On AGs, multi-node/multi-subnet clusters, replication, failover drills, and geo-DR.
• Engineer performance and capacity: tune queries/indexes, analyze plans/DMVs/waits, forecast growth, optimize uptime and SLAs.
• Secure and comply: enforce TDE, SSL, RBAC/least privilege, auditing, masking, and generate compliance reports.
• Build IaC and automation: Terraform/Ansible, CI/CD for DB provisioning, scripts (PowerShell, T‑SQL, PL/SQL, Shell) for backups, patching, and user ops.
• Govern operations: manage backups/restore (PIT), DR tests/runbooks, patches/upgrades, monitoring/dashboards, and lead CAB changes and RCAs.

What you bring

• 4–7 years in advanced SQL Server administration across mission‑critical environments.
• Hands‑on with Always On AGs, clustering, listener/read routing, backup/restore strategies, and DR orchestration.
• Deep performance tuning (DMVs, execution plans, stats/index frameworks, Query Store, Extended Events, wait analysis).
• Partnering with dev teams on schema/indexing/partitioning and stored procedure optimization.
• Strong incident management, documentation, and KPI ownership (backup success, query performance, AG health, DR readiness).

Nice to have

• Knowledge of: SQL Server; MySQL; MariaDB; PostgreSQL; MongoDB; PowerShell; Terraform; Ansible; SolarWinds SQL Diagnostics; AWS RDS/Aurora/NoSQL.
• Experience with PaaS/Managed Instance planning and migration tooling (e.g., DMS).
• Microsoft/Azure SQL certifications (MCSA/MCSE) are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (Computer Science/Engineering or related preferred).

Interested or know someone who fits? DM me with your resume or referrals. Let’s connect!