Tech Lead Database Administrator (DBA)

Important Information  

Location: Brazil 
Job Mode: Full-time  
Work Mode: Work from home

Job Summary

As a Tech Lead Database Engineer/ Administrator (DBA), you will play a key role in managing, optimizing, and securing database environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and data integrity across systems. You will be responsible for the stability, performance, integrity, monitoring, and security of some databases being used by critical systems across the company. Responsible to create and maintain disaster recovery strategy, security best practices and compliance.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Management and monitoring of production databases;
  
• High-availability architecture implementation;
  
• Database deployments and migration activities;
  
• Query performance monitoring, analysis, and optimization;
  
• Proactive management of database integrity, indexing, and statistics;
  
• Disaster recovery strategy and implementation;
  
• Troubleshooting database performance and stability issues;
  
• Documentation, standards compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Essential Skills

• SQL Server administration (DBA level);
  
• Database design and modeling;
  
• Advanced T-SQL and query optimization;
  
• Performance tuning and indexing strategies;
  
• Backup, restore, and disaster recovery planning;
  
• Experience with GitHub;
  
• SSIS proficiency;
  
• Linux Shell scripting;
  
• Security best practices and compliance;
  
• Monitoring and logging best practices;
  
• Agile/Scrum methodologies familiarity.

Additional Skills

• Knowledge of Python (preferred);
  
• AWS familiarity (S3, EC2 basics).

About Encora

Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.