We are looking for a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) with strong experience in SQL Server, Snowflake, and Azure to manage and optimize critical production environments. The adecuado candidate will have hands-on expertise in performance tuning, troubleshooting, and supporting large-scale database systems in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities
• Maintain high availability of production database systems and keep them performing well.
• Plan for and carry out disaster recovery, ensuring zero data loss in case of disaster.
• Keep database systems secure, including access control, and adhere to security protocols.
• Analyze and tune database performance, and diagnose difficult performance issues.
• Work closely with engineers on system design, performance tuning and technical support.
• Operate hands-on in an extremely technical environment, administering the data systems that support the Glassdoor website.
• Stay composed under pressure and navigate extremely stressful situations. Must-Have

Skills:
• Mid-level with 3 to 4 years of hands-on experience in the skills listed below.
• Experience with both Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL; candidates may be stronger in either one.
• Experience with AWS, particularly RDS and Aurora.
• Programming experience with PowerShell or Python.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform.
• Experience with Kafka (Confluent Kafka), such as administration and troubleshooting.




• Extensive experience with performance analysis and tuning.
• Experience working closely with engineering teams, including requirements gathering, design reviews and delivering work on tight deadlines.
• Experience administering high-function, high-availability production systems.
• Experience performing disaster recoveries.
• Adept at diagnosing difficult performance issues.
• Fluent English at a conversational level (B2+) 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. Scope of Work:
• Database Administrators manage, secure and optimize the organization's operational database systems so that data remains accurate, accessible and protected, supporting the data systems behind the Glassdoor website.
• Core duties include maintaining high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning, access control and system security.
• The role works closely with engineers on system design, performance tuning and technical support.
• Expected outcomes are high database availability and performance, zero data loss in case of disaster, and adherence to security protocols.
• This is not a Data Engineering role. Candidates whose primary experience is with reporting software (such as Tableau) or workflow and processing technologies (such as Airflow or Spark) are not a fit.

📌 Database Administrator (México)
🏢 CTC
📍 México