We are seeking a hands-on Database Administrator for a remote contract engagement supporting high-availability operational database systems behind a large, high-traffic website. The role focuses on database reliability, security, disaster recovery, performance analysis, and close partnership with engineering teams.
Enterprise experience strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
– Maintain high availability and strong performance across production database systems.
– Plan, test, and carry out disaster recovery procedures with a zero-data-loss objective.
– Maintain database security, access controls, and adherence to security protocols.
– Analyze and tune database performance and diagnose difficult production performance issues.
– Work closely with engineers on requirements gathering, system design, design reviews, performance tuning, and technical support.
– Administer operational data systems in a highly technical production environment.
– Deliver reliable work under tight deadlines and remain composed during high-pressure incidents.
Qualifications
Must-Have Skills
– Approximately 3 to 4 years of hands-on database administration experience.
– Experience with both Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL; deeper expertise in either platform is acceptable.
– Hands-on AWS experience, particularly Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora.
– Programming experience with PowerShell or Python.
– Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
– Experience administering and troubleshooting Confluent Kafka.
– Extensive experience with database performance analysis and tuning.
– Experience administering high-function, high-availability production systems.
– Experience planning or performing disaster recovery.
– Strong ability to diagnose difficult database performance issues.
– Experience working closely with engineering teams through requirements gathering, design reviews, technical support, and deadline-driven delivery.
– Experience with database access control and security practices.
Nice-to-Have Skills
– Experience building Kafka connectors and topics.
– Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
– Experience with Snowflake.
– Experience with other relational databases such as MySQL.
– Advanced Kafka experience, including KSQL and Flink.
Additional Information
Required Tools & Platforms
– Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL.
– AWS, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Aurora.
– PowerShell or Python.
– Terraform or comparable Infrastructure as Code tooling.
– Confluent Kafka.
Location, Time & Engagement
– Candidates must be based in an eligible Latin American country.
– Central Time working hours are preferred.
– Remote contract engagement, 40 hours per week.
– Expected engagement through March 31, 2027; start date to be agreed.
– One opening is available.
– This is not currently a contract-to-hire opportunity.
– Before client submission, viable candidates must complete the Amazon WorkSpaces Health connectivity test and provide a screenshot showing good connectivity to an AWS WorkSpace region.
Source: Lifted, an Upwork Company™ job board (SmartRecruiters).
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