Database Engineer
Remote · Portugal
PortugalRemoteFull TimeMid LevelNot SpecifiedLarge
Type
Full Time
Level
Mid Level
Education
Not Specified
Company size
Large
Job Summary
Hands-on Database Engineer to manage and optimize Oracle 11g/19c RAC, MySQL, and PostgreSQL across on-prem, AWS, and OCI; design replication topologies; automate operations with Python, Terraform, and Ansible; perform upgrades with minimal downtime; implement monitoring with Grafana and CloudWatch; participate in on-call rotations; collaborate with application teams on schema design and capacity planning.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of hands-on experience as a Database Engineer or DBA in production environments
- Strong expertise in Oracle 11g/19c RAC administration, including RMAN backup/restore, patching, and query optimization
- Solid experience with MySQL 5.7/8 administration, replication strategies (master-slave, master-master), and performance tuning
- Working knowledge of PostgreSQL administration and tooling (pg_dump, replication, vacuuming)
- Proficiency in Linux systems administration (Ubuntu/RHEL-based) and shell scripting
- Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code tools: Python, Terraform, Ansible
- Familiarity with high-availability components: HAProxy, Keepalived, or equivalent load balancing and failover solutions
- Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD practices for database change management
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills — ability to diagnose and resolve complex database issues under pressure
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across time zones in a distributed team
- Nice to Have Experience with AWS database services (RDS, Aurora) and OCI database offerings
- Exposure to MSSQL Server administration
- Experience setting up Grafana monitoring dashboards, alerting rules, and integration with database metrics
- Familiarity with database migration strategies across cloud providers and on-premises environments
Desired Qualifications
- 3+ years of hands-on experience as a Database Engineer or DBA in production environments
- Strong expertise in Oracle 11g/19c RAC administration
- Experience with MySQL 5.7/8 administration
- Working knowledge of PostgreSQL administration and tooling
- Proficiency in Linux systems administration (Ubuntu/RHEL-based) and shell scripting
- Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code tools: Python, Terraform, Ansible
- Familiarity with high-availability components: HAProxy, Keepalived, or equivalent load balancing and failover solutions
- Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD practices for database change management
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across time zones
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