Senior Database Platform Engineer

🚀 We are still looking for the very Top Talent…and we would be delighted if you were to join our team!

More in details, UST is a multinational company based in North America, certified as a Top Employer and Great Place to Work company with over 35.000 employees all over the world and presence in more than 35 countries. We are leaders on digital technology services, and we provide large-scale technologic solutions to big companies.

🔎 What we look for?

We are looking for a Senior Database Platform / Forward Deployed Engineer to play a key role in onboarding application teams to Azure database services, leading database migrations from Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server to Azure, and modernizing workloads towards PostgreSQL where feasible.

We are strengthening our cloud database capabilities to support application teams in migrating from on‑premises databases to secure, scalable Azure database services.

As part of our cloud platform evolution, we provide curated Azure DB offerings, automation, and self‑service capabilities that enable product teams to modernize their data layer while reducing dependency on central DBA operations.

Work model is hybrid in Madrid (3 days at the office, 2 days remote working), feel free to apply if you are also open for relocation!

Responsibilities:

As a Database Platform Engineer, you will work closely with multiple application and platform teams, acting as a technical enabler and migration specialist within a complex enterprise environment.

Support multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and product teams in onboarding to Azure database services (Azure SQL, Oracle on Azure, PostgreSQL)

Assess existing on‑premises Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases, analysing migration feasibility, risks, and constraintsDefine and drive end‑to‑end database migration strategies in collaboration with application teams.

Execute migrations from on‑prem environments to Azure, with a strong preference for Azure SQL and Oracle DB services, and support transformation to PostgreSQL where technically and functionally feasible.

Act as a technical bridge between application teams, Azure platform teams, central DB teams, and Oracle/Microsoft vendors

Enable left‑shifted database operations by introducing automation, self‑service patterns, and standardized operational models.

Design and implement automation for database lifecycle operations such as:

• Provisioning
• Access management
• Backup & restore
• Monitoring
• Patching and basic operations

Educate and coach application teams on cloud database concepts, platform standards, and operational responsibilities

Contribute to reusable templates, reference architectures, documentation, and onboarding assets to support Azure DB adoption at scale.

💡 Mandatory requirements:

5–7+ years of hands‑on experience as a Database Engineer working with Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise environments.

Proven experience in migrating databases from on‑premises to Azure database services (Azure SQL, Oracle on Azure, PostgreSQL)

Strong understanding of database fundamentals across on‑prem and cloud environments.

Experience designing and implementing automated, self‑service database capabilities, using Infrastructure as Code or platform tooling.

Strong DevOps mindset and familiarity with “you build it, you run it” operational models.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, comfortable working across application, platform, and vendor teams.

Pragmatic, solution‑oriented approach and ability to operate in complex, regulated enterprise environments.

• English at least B2+/C1

🗺️ Work location: Madrid

⏰ Work mode: Hybrid (3 days at the office, 2 remote working)

💰 What can we offer?

-✈️ 23 days of Annual Leave plus the 24th and 31st of December as discretionary days!

-❤️ Numerous benefits (Heath Care Plan, teleworking compensation, Life and Accident Insurances).

-🍴 `Retribución Flexible´ Program: (Meals, Kinder Garden, Transport, online English lessons, Heath Care Plan…)

-🎓 Free access to several training platforms

-🚀 Professional stability and career plans

-🚶 UST also, compensates referrals from which you could benefit when you refer professionals.

-🔗 The option to pick between 12 or 14 payments along the year.

-🏡 Real Work Life Balance measures (flexibility, WFH or remote work policy, compacted hours during summertime…)

-🎁 UST Club Platform discounts and gym Access discounts

📧 If you would like to know more, do not hesitate to apply and we’ll get in touch to fill you in details. UST is waiting for you!

In UST we are committed to equal opportunities in our selection processes and do not discriminate based on race, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation or nationality. We have a special commitment to Disability & Inclusion, so we are interested in hiring people with disability certificate.