Database Administration

Fortive

2d•Remote

About The Position

Intelex Technologies is hiring a Senior Database Administrator based in Brazil to support the reliability, performance, security, and scalability of the databases behind its mission-critical SaaS applications. As part of Cloud Operations, this senior technical contributor will influence database architecture and operational standards across global AWS and Azure environments, collaborating with engineering, platform, cloud operations, and security teams. The role focuses on designing, administering, and optimizing Microsoft SQL Server environments, with Oracle support as needed. The DBA will improve database performance and scalability, build high-availability and disaster-recovery capabilities, automate database operations and delivery, and protect critical services. The position also contributes to architecture and design reviews and database modernization initiatives. Participation in a rotational on-call schedule is expected. This is a remote position. Intelex offers a Brazil benefits package intended to support health, wellbeing, development, and work-life balance.

Requirements

7+ years of relevant experience managing enterprise database platforms.
Deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server administration.
Strong expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, and execution-plan analysis.
Hands-on experience with replication, clustering, and high-availability configurations.
Experience designing and maintaining backup, disaster recovery, and failover strategies for business-critical database environments.
Proficiency with T-SQL and SQL scripting.
Hands-on automation experience with PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Structured, analytical, problem-solving approach to complex production challenges.
Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate across engineering, cloud operations, platform, and security teams.
Ability to balance immediate operational needs with long-term reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
Ownership, willingness to share knowledge, and interest in strengthening organizational standards and best practices.
Comfort working in a dynamic SaaS environment and participating in a rotational on-call schedule.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Oracle environments.
PL/SQL experience.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, administer, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments, and support Oracle environments as needed.
Help establish standards for schema design, indexing, query optimization, database governance, and operational excellence.
Analyze execution plans, tune queries, optimize indexing strategies, and resolve database performance bottlenecks.
Apply partitioning, replication, and caching approaches to improve performance and data access.
Design and maintain high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions, including Microsoft Clustering, Always On Availability Groups, and Oracle Data Guard.
Lead capacity planning, backup and recovery strategies, and automated failover and recovery testing.
Integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines, including automated schema migrations and rollback processes.
Use Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code tools and scripting to automate provisioning, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and alerting.
Support observability using tools such as Redgate, New Relic, and PagerDuty.
Implement role-based access control, encryption, auditing, and database security practices supporting applicable SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA requirements.
Partner with security teams on vulnerability mitigation, participate in a rotational on-call schedule, and conduct root-cause analysis to prevent recurring database incidents.
Collaborate with engineering, platform, cloud operations, and security colleagues; contribute to architecture and design reviews and database standards and modernization initiatives.

Benefits

Medical and dental coverage.
Life and disability insurance.
Wellbeing support.
Meal and food vouchers.
Paid vacation in accordance with Brazilian legislation.
Additional time-off benefits.
Parental leave.
Remote work with support for home-working expenses.
Wellness allowance.
Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
Career development support and opportunities to grow skills and collaborate with global teams.
Transportation support and other benefits in accordance with local policies.