Junior Database Administrator

Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware. Enterprise clients outsource service desk, end-user support and data centre operations to us under multi-year contracts. After-hours on-call comes around every fourth week.

Madrid IT is hiring a Junior Database Administrator to work remotely from Spain. The IT Operations team supports about 200 production databases. We need someone who can handle both daily operations and longer projects. DBA role covering on-premises and cloud databases, including a planned move to Amazon RDS. This role is fully remote within Spain. We do not have many meetings. Most updates happen in writing. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

Key responsibilities

• Plan capacity for storage, memory and CPU growth
• Control access with roles, least privilege and audited service accounts
• Install, configure and patch SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL or MySQL instances
• Support audits with evidence for encryption, access reviews and backup retention
• Document configurations, runbooks and disaster recovery procedures
• Set up and maintain Always On availability groups, Data Guard or streaming replication

Required qualifications

• Strong T-SQL, PL/SQL or PL/pgSQL
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery setups
• Understanding of Windows Server and Linux as database hosts
• Scripting with PowerShell, Bash or Python
• Willingness to work occasional nights and weekends for maintenance windows
• Proven query and index tuning ability

Compensation and benefits

• Private health insurance
• Meal vouchers
• Life insurance
• Training budget
• Remote work allowance

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Madrid IT S.L..