Senior Database Administrator

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

We expect the Senior Database Administrator 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 :

Must-have skills:

• 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.  

Work Regime Flexibility benefits: 

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

Health and recreation benefits: 

• Fully paid additional wellness days (3 unwell days per year)
• Medical insurance for the employees and children
• Reimbursement of fitness
• Meal allowance
• Flexpay system

• Facility benefits: 

• Modern office with new equipment
• PlayStation table football and musical instruments in the office
• Parking spaces/transport reimbursement
• Meals in the office
• Free drinks and snacks

• Community benefits: 

• Teambuilding activities
• Corporate parties
• Football club
• Music club
• Speakers club
• Free admission to corporate external events
• Possibility of joining conferences and professional fairs
• Personal branding development support

• Professional training benefits: 

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

• Social benefits: 

• Parental bonus
• Pension plan
• Referral bonus
• Blood donation paid leave

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time