Company
Qualcomm Intl Inc., Mexico Branch Office

Job Area
Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Engineering

General Summary
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join our global database engineering team, supporting mission-critical data platforms across our worldwide operations. In this role, 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 general business.

What You'll Do
- 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.

Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of database administration work experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of database administration work experience without 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).
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📌 Senior Database Administrator – SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB/ NoSQL (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Qualcomm
📍 Ciudad de México