Database Administrator

Fynity Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the cloud technology sector is seeking a Database Administrator to manage and optimize PostgreSQL and Oracle databases. The role involves migrating databases to AWS, implementing security standards, and ensuring high availability and performance. Candidates should have hands-on experience in production environments and a strong understanding of AWS services and database security principles.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience as a PostgreSQL and Oracle DBA in production environments.
• Significant experience migrating database workloads from Oracle to Postgres.
• Proficiency with AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM.

Responsibilities

• Manage, configure, and optimize PostgreSQL and Oracle databases.
• Support migration of databases to AWS Aurora Postgres.
• Implement security best practices and ensure compliance.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Oracle

AWS

Database Security

Query Optimization

Database Performance Tuning

Infrastructure Automation

Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CloudWatch

Datadog

Job description

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Database Administrator - to join a global FinTech on a 6-month contract with possible extension.

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 optimize 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 monitoring and management processes and tooling to troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues in real-time.
• Hands-on experience as a PostgreSQL and Oracle DBA in production environments.
• Significant experience migrating database workloads from Oracle to Postgres.
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, including replication, clustering, indexing strategies, and the 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 with database replication tooling such as AWS DMS and Goldengate.
• Experience collaborating with DevOps teams to integrate databases into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code frameworks like Terraform.

Please APPLY NOW for immediate consideration!

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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