Middle Database Administrator (SQL, Cloud, AWS)
At a glance
Mid-level Data Architecture & Governance role at Exadel Inc (Website). São Paulo.
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What you'll do
- Keep SQL Server databases available, secure and resilient while tracking health, performance, capacity and resource use
- Tune queries, indexes and execution plans, and plan capacity around expected growth and business needs
- Manage database backups, restores, replication and recovery, including disaster-recovery testing and response
- Troubleshoot difficult database, application and infrastructure incidents, and help development teams improve SQL and data models
- Support AWS database migrations and modernization, while automating routine administration and maintaining operating guides
What you bring
- You have mid-level database administration experience and strong practical expertise with Microsoft SQL Server
- You have supported critical databases in banking or financial services and understand availability, security, performance and recovery
- You can tune SQL and manage backups, replication, monitoring and capacity across cloud or hybrid environments
- You hold a bachelor's degree in IT, computer science, engineering or a related discipline
Who this fits
This mid-level role suits a hands-on database administrator who works across development, infrastructure, cloud, security and architecture teams. The position is hybrid in São Paulo, and advanced English is required.
From the employer
Why Join Exadel
We’re an AI-first global tech company with 25+ years of engineering leadership, 2,000+ team members, and 500+ active projects powering Fortune 500 clients, including HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks.
From AI platforms to digital transformation, we partner with enterprise leaders to build what’s next.
What powers it all? Our people are ambitious, collaborative, and constantly evolving.
About the Client
A major Brazilian financial institution specializing in investment banking, wealth management, and corporate lending. The customer develops secure digital banking platforms and financial solutions to serve a diverse global client base.
What You’ll Do
- Administer, support, and optimize critical database environments, with a primary focus on SQL Server
- Maintain database availability, performance, security, integrity, and resilience
- Monitor database health, performance, capacity, and resource utilization
- Perform performance tuning and optimize SQL queries, indexes, execution plans, and database structures
- Conduct capacity planning and recommend improvements based on projected growth and business demand
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex database, application, and infrastructure issues
- Implement and manage backup, restore, replication, contingency, and recovery strategies
- Support Disaster Recovery planning, testing, and execution
- Participate in database migration and modernization projects, particularly within AWS environments
- Support the evolution of database architectures, administration standards, and technical best practices
- Collaborate with Development, Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, and Architecture teams
- Support development teams with SQL query optimization and physical data modeling
- Identify opportunities to automate recurring database-administration activities
- Improve operational efficiency through automation, monitoring, and standardized procedures
- Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and recovery runbooks
- Participate in incident response and problem-management activities for critical environments
What You Bring
- Middle-level experience in database administration
- Strong hands-on expertise with Microsoft SQL Server
- Experience supporting critical, large-scale, or mission-critical database environments
- Experience working within banking or financial-services environments
- Strong knowledge of high availability, database security, performance optimization, and Disaster Recovery
- Experience working with cloud and hybrid environments, preferably AWS
- Hands-on experience with backup, restore, replication, contingency, and environment-recovery processes
- Strong SQL troubleshooting and performance-tuning skills
- Experience optimizing queries, indexes, execution plans, and database structures
- Understanding of capacity planning, monitoring, and database-health management
- Knowledge of infrastructure, operating systems, storage, and networking
- Experience supporting database migrations or modernization initiatives
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Analytical, proactive, collaborative, and solution-oriented mindset
Nice to have
- Experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases
- Experience with Python, PowerShell, or other automation and scripting technologies
- Microsoft, AWS, or comparable technical certifications
- Experience working with Infrastructure as Code or automated cloud-provisioning tools
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies
English level
Advanced
Work Type: Hybrid
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Legal & Hiring Information
- Exadel is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion across minority, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, and more
- Reasonable accommodations are available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions
- Please note: this job description is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on business needs
- Compensation details are shared with candidates at the early stage of the recruitment process.
- The offer is not binding until a signed contract is in place.
Your Benefits at Exadel
Exadel benefits vary by location and contract type. Your recruiter will fill you in on the details.
- International projects
- In-office, hybrid, or remote flexibility
- Medical healthcare
- Recognition program
- Ongoing learning & reimbursement
- Well-being program
- Team events & local benefits
- Sports compensation
- Referral bonuses
- Top-tier equipment provision
Exadel Culture
We lead with trust, respect, and purpose. We believe in open dialogue, creative freedom, and mentorship that helps you grow, lead, and make a real difference. Ours is a culture where ideas are challenged, voices are heard, and your impact matters.