Database Administrator

Edenred; Swindon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Edenred is seeking an experienced Postgres DBA to support their cloud adoption journey and database estate. The successful candidate will manage PostgreSQL and Oracle databases, ensuring high availability and security compliance while collaborating with developers and DevOps teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience as a PostgreSQL and Oracle DBA in production environments.
• Significant experience of migrating database workloads to Postgres from Oracle.
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL architecture and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Manage, configure and optimise PostgreSQL databases on AWS Aurora.
• Support migration of high-performance databases from on-premise to AWS.
• Implement and maintain strong security standards.

Skills

Database Performance Tuning

PostgreSQL Architecture

Migration of Database Workloads

Security Standards Implementation

Collaboration with DevOps Teams

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

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We at Edenred Paytech are looking for an experienced Postgres DBA to join our in-house database team to support our database estate and help energise our Cloud Adoption journey.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of designing, implementing and supporting Postgres and Oracle Database solutions and will have experience of migrating high performance, mission critical Oracle Database workloads to Aurora Postgres. We are looking for an individual who enjoys a fast pace, can prioritise workload and can work under their own initiative.

This is a great opportunity for the successful candidate to progress their existing skills to a cloud-first organisation working with cutting edge technologies.

The role requires hands-on technical expertise and strong collaboration with developers, architects, and DevOps teams to ensure our data infrastructure aligns with business needs and industry standards.

Your Responsibilities

• Manage, configure and optimise PostgreSQL databases hosted on Amazon Aurora and Oracle databases hosted on on-premise Exadatas and AWS RDS.
• Support the migration of high-performance, mission-critical databases from on-premise Exadatas to AWS Aurora Postgres.
• Support workloads on other database engines in AWS, including MySQL, MariaDB and SQL Server.
• Implement and maintain strong security standards to ensure compliance with PCI DSS and other regulatory requirements.
• Implement security best practices, including user management, encryption and auditing.
• Design and implement database schemas, partitioning strategies and indexing solutions.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery and scalability of database systems.
• Configure strong monitoring and management processes and tooling to help troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues in real time.

Your profile

• Hands-on experience as a PostgreSQL and Oracle DBA in production environments.
• Significant experience of migrating database workloads to Postgres from Oracle.
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, including replication, clustering and indexing strategies, and a strong understanding of Postgres' vacuum/MVCC process.
• Proven experience with query optimization and database performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM.
• Solid understanding of database security principles and compliance frameworks
• Experience implementing robust backup and recovery strategies.
• Proficiency with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar.
• Experience of database replication tooling such as AWS DMS and Goldengate.
• Experience of collaborating with DevOps teams to integrate databases into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks like Terraform.