Senior Database Administrator

We are looking for a Senior Database Engineer who will be responsible for on-premises and Cloud database infrastructure administration.

We expect the Senior Database Engineer to: 

• Ensure database services meet agreed service levels for availability recoverability performance and scalability.
• Design and manage database subsystems including clustering replication etc.
• Define and execute backup disaster recovery and business continuity procedures.
• Handle database compliance with industry standards regulations and best practices.
• Establish monitoring standards capacity planning practices and operational metrics to proactively identify risks and trends before they impact the business.
• Investigate production incidents coordinate resolution efforts perform root cause analysis and drive remediation initiatives to prevent recurrence.
• Work closely with Developers Quality Assurance and Support departments on a regular basis assisting with Database-related requests.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and serve as an escalation point for complex production issues affecting critical systems.
• Apply cost reduction practices for Cloud database Infrastructure based on the resources usage and databases load profile
• Conduct deep analysis of database performance issues implementing solutions.
• Oversee data migration projects and perform risk analysis
• Drive innovation in database technologies within the project or business unit.

Qualifications :

Qualifications:

• 5 years of hands-on experience administering PostgreSQL in production environments within mission-critical systems.
• Proven experience designing implementing and operating high-availability PostgreSQL architectures using Patroni
• Hands-on experience managing Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
• Strong expertise in backup and recovery strategies including planning and executing Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) using tools such as pgBackRest and Barman.
• Solid understanding of PostgreSQL internals (MVCC vacuuming query planning replication concepts etc).
• Extensive experience with performance monitoring SQL workload analysis and database tuning with the ability to identify bottlenecks and optimize database performance.
• Experience automating database deployment configuration management and operational processes using Ansible.
• Practical experience implementing and maintaining PostgreSQL partitioning strategies including both native partitioning and TimescaleDB for time-series workloads.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux operating systems including system performance analysis process management networking fundamentals and storage concepts relevant to database operations.
• Familiarity with database monitoring and observability tools such as Zabbix including metrics collection alerting and log analysis.
• Exposure to column-oriented database technologies such as ClickHouse with an understanding of their core concepts architecture and performance characteristics would be a plus.

Additional Information :

Care for the employees is one of Devexperts core values. For the suggested position we offer a benefits package that will guarantee the comfort of our new teammate.  

Flexibility benefits:
 

• Possibility of hybrid/remote work mode
• Flexible working hours.
   

Health and recreation benefits:
 

• 20 days of paid vacation
• 5 days of fully paid additional wellness days
• Medical insurance premium package
• Free MultiSport card.
   

Facility benefits:
 

• Modern office with new equipment
• Panoramic view of Vitosha mountain
• PlayStation Billiard Relax zone and Gym
• Parking space/public transport card
• Free drinks and snacks.
   

Community benefits:
 

• Teambuilding activities
• Corporate parties
• Football club
• Speakers club
• Free admission to corporate external events
• Possibility of joining conferences and professional fairs.
   

Professional training benefits:
 

• English language courses
• Local language courses for foreign employees
• Unlimited access to self-learning platforms
• Certification opportunities
• Mentorship Program.
   

Social benefits:
 

• Referral bonuses for specific roles
• Paid leave upon special events.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time