Senior Database Engineer - MTY

At Globant, we are looking for a Senior Database Engineer to join our InfraOps team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about maintaining high-quality database environments while driving modernization, automation, and cloud transformation initiatives.

You will play a key role in ensuring performance, stability, and security across database platforms, while collaborating with application teams and architects to optimize system performance and reliability.

What You Will Do

• Design, build, optimize, and maintain database systems.

• Ensure efficient data storage, retrieval, performance tuning, and index optimization.

• Troubleshoot complex database and application performance issues.

• Manage schema design, stored procedures, data integrity, and indexing strategies.

• Maintain and improve disaster recovery and backup procedures.

• Support CI/CD pipelines and automation initiatives.

• Participate in cloud migration projects (On-Prem to Cloud).

• Monitor database storage, performance, and capacity planning.

• Ensure SLA compliance and operational excellence.

• Collaborate with developers and solution architects in a consultative manner.

• Document, test, and implement database updates and improvements.

• Provide performance and stability reports proactively.

• Work in both OLTP and OLAP environments.

• Support operational or project activities outside regular business hours when required.

What We Are Looking For

Must Have:

• 8+ years of experience in Database Administration.

• Expert-level experience in at least one major database platform.

• Strong experience with SQL Server (preferred) and multi-platform knowledge such as MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, or CosmosDB.

• Strong performance tuning and indexing expertise.

• Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.

• Deep understanding of database security and integrated security models.

• Experience managing database environments in cloud solutions.

• Hands-on experience with database monitoring and troubleshooting.

• Strong T-SQL knowledge.

• Experience with Windows Server and Active Directory.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work independently and take ownership.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with On-Prem to Cloud database migrations.

• Experience building cloud model servers end-to-end.

• Experience supervising or mentoring other DBAs.

What We Value

• Proactive mindset and ownership attitude.

• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.

• Team-oriented approach.

• Continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

• Ability to communicate with both technical and business stakeholders.

• Flexibility and adaptability in fast-changing environments.