Lead Database Administrator
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Job Location:
Mexico City - Mexico
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Introduction to Maersk:
A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company that is responsible for moving 20% of global trade every year. With a dedicated team of over 100000 employees across 130 countries we go all the way to connect and simplify global trade and help our customers grow and thrive. Maersks vision is to be the global integrator of logistics connecting and simplifying customers supply chains.
Role Summary
Were looking for an experienced Lead Database Administrator to shape automate and support complex SQL Server environmentsboth onpremises and in the cloud. Youll lead critical migrations and installations automate infrastructure as code monitor system health and build data pipelines using a variety of technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect implement and manage Microsoft SQL Server platforms (2008 onwards) including availability groups replication mirroring and disaster recovery strategies.
- Plan and execute database migrations to Azure and AWS including minimizing downtime and risk during transitions.
- Build and maintain automated infrastructure through Ansible and Terraform ensuring consistent provisioning and configuration of database environments.
- Monitor database and infrastructure performance using Prometheus and Grafana establish dashboards and alerts to proactively detect issues.
- Design and operate ETL/data orchestration pipelines using SSIS Azure Data Factory Kafka and/or Airflow.
- Automate routine DBA duties such as backups patching health checks and index/statistics maintenance using scripting or orchestration tools.
- Troubleshoot complex issues: deadlocks hung sessions performance bottlenecks disk I/O memory/CPU issues; root cause and resolution.
- Ensure robust security practices: user/role management encryption at rest/in transit (TDE backup encryption) auditing and compliance with relevant standards.
- Develop and maintain runbooks knowledge base content playbooks and documentation to support operations and onboarding.
- Serve collaboratively with DevOps Cloud and Engineering teams to integrate database provisioning and management into CI/CD pipelines.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability for missioncritical systems.
Required Qualifications
- 7 years of experience administering SQL Server in enterprise environments.
- 5 years of experience leading a team across locations.
- Solid experience with Grafana and Prometheus for metrics collection visualization and alerting.
- Hands-on experience with database migrations and management in Azure and/or AWS cloud environments.
- Extensive ETL/orchestration experience with SSIS Azure Data Factory Kafka and/or Airflow.
- Deep understanding of backup/recovery strategies high-availability setups replication and performance tuning.
- Strong scripting skillsPowerShell Bash TSQL; experience integrating DBA automation in CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to resolve performance and availability issues.
- Effective written and verbal communication with an emphasis on documentation and cross-team collaboration.
Preferred (Nice-to-Have)
- Certifications in AWS Azure or Microsoft SQL Server.
- Experience with Kubernetes container orchestration or cloud-native database offerings (e.g. Azure SQL Managed Instance AWS RDS/Aurora).
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks
- Experience mentoring junior DBAs or developing internal training.
- Proficiency in Ansible and Terraform to manage infrastructure as code.
Our Offer:
Benefits above law
Monday to Friday
Note this is an hybrid role (3 days at office)
Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race colour gender sex age religion creed national origin ancestry citizenship marital status sexual orientation physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy or parental leave veteran status gender identity genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Key Skills
- Databases
- Disaster Recovery
- SQL
- High Availability
- Microsoft SQL Server
- ssrs
- Database Design
- Performance Tuning
- SSIS
- Database Administration
- Sybase
- Oracle
About Company
Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of the Maersk Group, a Danish business conglomerate. It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, serving 374 offices in 116 countries
