Senior Database Administrator
Description
🧠We’re Hiring! Senior Database Administrator – Bogotá, Colombia
Join Traffic Tech, a global logistics leader that powers the movement of goods across land, sea, and air. With offices around the world and a focus on innovation, we’re seeking top talent to support our rapid growth and complex tech infrastructure.
📍 Location: Bogotá, Colombia
🖥️ Role: Senior Database Administrator (DBA)
🖥️ Role: Senior Database Administrator (DBA)
As our Senior DBA, you’ll lead the modernization, optimization, and high-availability support of our database infrastructure across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments. If you’re passionate about SQL Server, cloud migration, and working with cutting-edge tech like vector databases, we want to hear from you.
🚀 What You’ll Do
- Manage and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments (2008 – 2022+)
- Design and implement Azure SQL instances (PaaS & IaaS)
- Lead database migrations, upgrades, and deprecation of legacy systems
- Architect and maintain HA/DR solutions (Always On, log shipping, clustering)
- Support multi-region replication and disaster recovery
- Administer vector databases like Weaviate, Milvus, or Pinecone for AI/ML applications
- Conduct performance tuning and capacity planning
- Automate workflows via T-SQL, PowerShell, and CI/CD
- Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to ensure database stability
🎯 Who You Are
- 7+ years as a production DBA managing SQL Server 2008–2022
- Strong knowledge of legacy database management and optimization
- Proven experience with Azure SQL, both managed and hybrid environments
- Skilled in scripting (T-SQL, PowerShell)
- Comfortable working with HA/DR architectures and multi-site setups
- Exposure to vector databases (or willingness to learn quickly)
- Familiar with CI/CD, automation tools, and Infrastructure-as-Code
- Experience supporting SSRS and legacy job orchestration
✨ Bonus Points For
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance (HIPAA, SOX, SOC 2)
- Security hardening in legacy systems
đź’ˇ Why Join Us?
- Work with advanced technologies in a hybrid cloud environment
- Collaborate with a global IT team on innovative projects
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Opportunities for career growth in a fast-paced, international company
Ready to shape the future of logistics through modern database infrastructure? Apply now and be part of something big.