Senior Database Administrator - Multi-Platform & Cloud HA

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

Job summary

Qualcomm Intl Inc., Mexico Branch Office seeks 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 business.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• Production Oracle DBA experience on Linux/UNIX: installation, patching, RMAN backup/recovery, and performance tuning.
• Expertise in at least one additional NoSQL or relational platform (Elasticsearch, Vertica, Cassandra, Snowflake, Postgres).
• Oracle HA and replication experience (Data Guard & RAC).
• Strong fundamentals in database architecture, replication, clustering, and backup/recovery.
• Experience implementing high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions.
• Scripting for automation (Python, Bash).
• 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 Oracle databases and other database platforms including Elasticsearch, Vertica, Cassandra, Snowflake, PostgreSQL), on-prem and in AWS.
• Design and Implement HA/DR solutions; Data Guard, RAC and replication.
• Own backup, patching and upgrade lifecycles; build automation that replaces manual activities.
• Monitor health and performance with Oracle Enterprise Manager, Datadog and Prometheus.
• Enforce database security, access controls, and automated compliance reporting.
• Plan capacity and lead database migrations between versions, platforms, and clouds.
• 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

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Scripting for automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

Bash

Job description

Qualcomm Intl Inc., Mexico Branch Office seeks 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 business.