Database Specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION: Database Specialist At Abbott, we promote equal opportunity. We encourage persons with disabilities to apply, ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Applicants must have a valid disability certificate issued by an authorized entity to ensure appropriate support and accommodations throughout the selection process. About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. The Opportunity This position is based in Colombia and supports Abbott Business Services (BSS) with a global scope. The Database Specialist is responsible for supporting the stability, performance, availability, and security of Microsoft SQL Server environments. This role performs routine database administration activities, assists with troubleshooting and incident resolution, supports database changes and deployments, and contributes to the continuous improvement of database operations while adhering to established governance, compliance, and security standards. What You'll Do • Execute routine database administration activities, including backups, restores, integrity checks, index maintenance, and statistics updates. • Monitor database health, performance, availability, and storage capacity across SQL Server environments. • Perform scheduled maintenance activities and support patching and system updates. • Respond to database incidents, troubleshoot failures, connectivity issues, and performance concerns, and resolve standard operational issues. • Escalate complex technical issues with appropriate analysis and diagnostics. • Fulfill service requests related to user access, database restores, and data updates. • Assist with schema modifications, including tables, views, and stored procedures. • Support application releases, deployments, database migrations, and non-production environment activities. • Execute database changes following established change management processes. • Identify and troubleshoot slow-running queries and performance bottlenecks. • Apply basic performance tuning techniques, including query optimization and index improvements. • Manage database security by supporting user roles, permissions, and authentication controls. • Support audit, validation, and compliance activities, including documentation requirements. • Maintain operational documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), runbooks, and knowledge articles. • Contribute to root cause analysis efforts and recommend opportunities for process improvements. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field. • 1-4 years of experience supporting Microsoft SQL Server environments. • Knowledge of T-SQL querying and database fundamentals. • Understanding of database backup, recovery, and maintenance processes. • Basic knowledge of indexing, query performance, and database optimization concepts. • Familiarity with monitoring tools and ticket management systems. • Understanding of d