Senior Database Admin: Oracle/NoSQL, Cloud & HA

Qualcomm; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Intl Inc., Mexico Branch Office is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join our global database engineering team. You will own the design, performance, availability, and security of a heterogeneous database estate spanning enterprise relational, NoSQL and cloud technologies deployed across on‑premises data centers and the cloud.

You will partner with application teams, SREs, security, and infrastructure engineers to ensure our data tier meets the demands of a 24x7 global

Qualifications

• 3+ years of database administration experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of database administration experience without a bachelor's degree.
• Production SQL Server DBA experience (including T-SQL & Always On availability groups).
• Expertise in at least one additional database platform (MySQL or MongoDB).
• Strong fundamentals in database architecture, replication, clustering, and backup/recovery.
• Experience implementing high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions.
• Scripting for automation in Bash and PowerShell; comfortable on Linux and Windows Server.
• Strong communication and documentation skills; able to explain complex issues to non-DBA audiences.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams and supporting workloads across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain and manage SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis caching and Neo4j across Linux and Windows.
• Design and implement HA/DR solutions - AlwaysOn Availability Groups, MySQL/MongoDB replication and sharding, Redis Sentinel/Cluster.
• Own backup, patching, and upgrade lifecycles; build automation that replaces manual activities.
• Monitor health and performance with Datadog & Prometheus.
• Enforce database security, access controls, and automated compliance reporting.
• Plan capacity, forecast growth, and lead data migration and integration projects across heterogeneous platforms.
• Manage incidents, changes, and problems in ServiceNow; resolve tickets within SLA and document resolutions clearly.
• Periodically participate in weekend on-call rotation and planned patching and maintenance activities.

Skills

SQL Server

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

Neo4j

T-SQL

Always On

Bash

PowerShell

Linux

Windows Server

Datadog

Prometheus

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AWS RDS

Docker

Kubernetes

Datadog

Prometheus

Job description

Qualcomm Intl Inc., Mexico Branch Office is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join our global database engineering team. You will own the design, performance, availability, and security of a heterogeneous database estate spanning enterprise relational, NoSQL and cloud technologies deployed across on‑premises data centers and the cloud.

You will partner with application teams, SREs, security, and infrastructure engineers to ensure our data tier meets the demands of a 24x7 global