The Database Administrator creates, maintains, designs, monitors and troubleshoots Acxiom or client databases. They use specific relational database management systems, develop and implement database recovery mechanisms and procedures. And coordinate security measures to safeguard database integrity.

Location: Lomas Altas, Mexico City, MX

What you will do:

• Support multiple database technologies on public and private cloud infrastructure for business-critical applications
• Troubleshoot, patch, upgrade, report, tune for performance and handle operational issues
• Improve and promote operational scalability and standardization
• Managing SLA (service level agreement) for thousands of customer data sources
• Work with development team to help them create highly reliable data applications
• Deploy, configure, and maintain a variety of database and cloud technologies
• Setting up backups, replication, load balancing and clustering
• Diagnose OS, network and storage issues related to database
• Coordinating with IT and developers on new product releases
• Database tuning for high performance
• Create tools and processes to automate administration and monitoring
• Work with Database and Cloud vendors to resolve challenges as needed
• Database Security checks and audits, including compliance related reporting and controls
• Developing SOP (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Handle Disaster Recovery (switchover/failover) scenarios

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field
• Proven track record with a minimum of 5+ years of DBA experience
• Problem-solving skills with various SQL and No-SQL technologies (Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake)
• Scripting language Exposure/Experience (Bash, Korn, Perl, Python)
• 3+ years of Infrastructure support experience

What will set you apart:

• Certifications in Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake
• Experienced in one or more of the following database management systems: Oracle DataGuard, Snowflake, BigQuery, Terraform, SQL Server AlwaysOn, MongoDB, Percona XtraDB Cluster and Galera cluster.
• Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Understands the competitive landscape from both a business and technical perspective
• Certifications in Cloud services like AWS, GCP and MS Azure
• Working knowledge of Chef and Ansible

Acxiom is a multinational company based in the United States that provides technical and consulting services on strategy and analytics of data. Our work for some of the largest brands in the world includes applying technology, identifying ways for our clients to reach customers, understanding their customers and giving advice about using such services to create business growth. By joining our team in Mexico, you will be part of a new location for Acxiom and will have the opportunity to work with colleagues in Mexico as well as teams in the United States and other places. #GD17

Primary Locations:

Mexico City

Additional Locations (if applicable):