Senior Database Administrator (MSSQL)

We are looking for a senior SQL Server DBA to join our Global Cloud DBA team in Portugal. You will own the day-to-day operation, availability and performance of MSSQL estates hosted on Azure and AWS for GDPR, EMEA and US customers, working a fixed shift aligned to EMEA business hours with rotational on-call responsibility for critical incidents outside those hours. You will also build working capability on Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL as secondary platforms to widen cross-platform coverage.

Location: Spain, Madrid

• 6–10 years of hands-on database administration experience, with a majority on Microsoft SQL Server in production environments.
• Demonstrable experience supporting enterprise or managed-services customers under formal SLAs.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent practical experience.
• Certifications such as Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300), Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) or AWS Certified Database — Specialty are an advantage.
• Eligibility to work in Spain.

Professional skills

• Strong written and spoken English; able to communicate directly with customer stakeholders.
• Structured troubleshooting under production pressure, with clear escalation and hand-over discipline across shifts.
• Ownership mindset — validating changes before they reach production and owning the rollback path.
• Willingness to cross-skill into the secondary database platforms; the team actively runs MSSQL ↔ Oracle cross-training to widen coverage across the on-call rotation.
• Documentation habit — runbooks, knowledge-base articles and post-incident notes.