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About the job DBA Lead

Job Title: DBA Lead

Location: Colombia - Bogota (Hybrid)

Type of Contract: Full-Time | Hybrid

Salary Range: Market Rates

Language Requirements: Above Average English

We are seeking a skilled DBA Lead with deep experience in SQL Server, Snowflake, and Azure cloud environments to join our growing Infrastructure team. You will play a key role in database administration, platform stability, and performance optimization across large-scale enterprise systems. Your work will directly impact database reliability, operational efficiency, and the scalability of mission-critical business platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Administer, maintain, and optimize SQL Server environments across production and non-production systems in Azure.

  • Monitor and improve database performance through query tuning, execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, and troubleshooting locks, blocking, and wait statistics.

  • Manage backup and restore processes, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery configurations.

  • Administer and optimize Snowflake environments, including warehouse sizing, access controls, roles, permissions, and platform performance.

  • Support integrations with Azure services, external stages, blob storage, and automation workflows related to database operations.

  • Partner with Infrastructure, DevOps, and Data teams on deployments, migrations, incident response, and continuous platform improvements.

  • Define and promote database administration best practices, governance standards, and performance optimization initiatives across engineering teams.

Must-Have Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in database administration and database performance optimization.

  • Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, including administration, tuning, replication, backup and recovery, and HA/DR.

  • Strong experience with Snowflake administration, architecture, and performance tuning.

  • Hands-on experience working with Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.

  • Proven ability to troubleshoot complex database issues in large-scale or high-volume environments.

  • Strong understanding of concurrency, transactions, indexing, and database reliability best practices.

  • Above Average English communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting enterprise or retail platforms with high transaction volumes.

  • Background in database modernization, migration, or cloud transformation initiatives.

  • Familiarity with scripting or automation using PowerShell or Python.

  • Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

  • Strong leadership, ownership, and decision-making skills in infrastructure-focused environments.


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