Senior SQL DBA: Cloud Migrations, Automation & HA Architect

A.P. Moller - Maersk; Región Centro; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits above law

Monday to Friday

Fully onsite role

Job summary

Maersk is seeking a Senior DBA to design, automate, and support complex SQL Server environments both on-premises and in the cloud. You will lead migrations, build data pipelines, and implement infrastructure as code using Ansible and Terraform, while monitoring health with Prometheus and Grafana.

You will also automate routine DBA tasks, manage backups, and collaborate with DevOps, Cloud, and Engineering teams to integrate database provisioning into CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience administering SQL Server in enterprise environments.
• Strong scripting skills: PowerShell, Bash, T-SQL.
• Hands-on experience with cloud migrations to Azure/AWS.
• Experience with Ansible and Terraform for IaC.
• ETL/ orchestration with SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Kafka or Airflow.
• Understanding of backup/recovery, HA, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Ability to contribute to CI/CD pipelines and runbooks.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and manage Microsoft SQL Server platforms (2008 onwards).
• Plan migrations to Azure and AWS with minimal downtime.
• Build automated infrastructure via Ansible and Terraform.
• Monitor performance with Prometheus and Grafana; create dashboards.
• Design ETL pipelines using SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Kafka, or Airflow.
• Automate backups, patching, health checks, and maintenance tasks.
• Troubleshoot deadlocks, slow queries, and resource bottlenecks; ensure security.
• Collaborate with DevOps/Cloud/Engineering to CI/CD integration.
• Participate in on-call rotation for 24/7 mission-critical systems.

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Ansible

Terraform

Azure

AWS

SSIS

Azure Data Factory

Kafka

Airflow

Prometheus

Grafana

PowerShell

Bash

T-SQL

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Maersk is seeking a Senior DBA to design, automate, and support complex SQL Server environments both on-premises and in the cloud. You will lead migrations, build data pipelines, and implement infrastructure as code using Ansible and Terraform, while monitoring health with Prometheus and Grafana.

You will also automate routine DBA tasks, manage backups, and collaborate with DevOps, Cloud, and Engineering teams to integrate database provisioning into CI/CD pipelines.