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#140315 - Database Administrator

Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia

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Eligibility: Candidates must be based in an eligible Latin American country. — eligibility source
Candidates must be based in an eligible Latin American country.
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What you’ll work on

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Maintain high availability and strong performance across production databases
Plan, test, and carry out disaster recovery procedures with zero data loss
Maintain database security, access controls, and security protocols
Analyze and tune database performance and diagnose difficult production issues
Work with engineers on requirements, system design, and design reviews

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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.

What you’ll bring

All qualifications

Core experience

Experience with both Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL; deeper expertise in either platform is acceptable.
Experience building Kafka connectors and topics.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
Experience administering and troubleshooting Confluent Kafka.
Experience with Snowflake.

Qualification wording

Experience with both Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL; deeper expertise in either platform is acceptable.

Experience building Kafka connectors and topics.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.

Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.

Experience administering and troubleshooting Confluent Kafka.

Experience with Snowflake.

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First seen by us: Nov 3, 20261 day ago
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Last seen by us: Nov 4, 2026

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Python
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MongoDB
MySQL
NoSQL
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SQL Server
Terraform

Where the posting names them

- 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.

- AWS, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Aurora. - PowerShell or Python. - Terraform or comparable Infrastructure as Code tooling.

- 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.

Required Tools & Platforms - Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL. - AWS, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Aurora.

- 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.

- Microsoft SQL Server and Aurora PostgreSQL. - AWS, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Aurora. - PowerShell or Python.

- 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.

- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform. - Experience administering and troubleshooting Confluent Kafka. - Extensive experience with database performance analysis and tuning.

Nice-to-Have Skills - Experience building Kafka connectors and topics. - Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.

- Experience with other relational databases such as MySQL. - Advanced Kafka experience, including KSQL and Flink. Additional Information

- Terraform or comparable Infrastructure as Code tooling. - Confluent Kafka. Location, Time & Engagement

- Experience building Kafka connectors and topics. - Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB. - Experience with Snowflake.

- Experience with Snowflake. - Experience with other relational databases such as MySQL. - Advanced Kafka experience, including KSQL and Flink.

- Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB. - Experience with Snowflake. - Experience with other relational databases such as MySQL.

- Programming experience with PowerShell or Python. - Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform. - Experience administering and troubleshooting Confluent Kafka.

- PowerShell or Python. - Terraform or comparable Infrastructure as Code tooling. - Confluent Kafka.

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About the role

We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.

Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.

Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.

An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.

US government figures for database architects

Median yearly pay, May 2025: $139,500
Expected change, 2025 to 2035: 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.

Job description

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Job Description

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.

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