Database Architect - UK

TradeCentric; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled Database Architect to enhance its database infrastructure for enterprise-class SaaS operations. In this remote role, you will design and optimize database systems, ensuring security and scalability while implementing compliance policies. Your expertise in MariaDB/MySQL and cloud technologies will play a crucial role in driving customer success and supporting the company's growth. Join a team that values collaboration and innovation, where your contributions will directly impact the efficiency and effectiveness of data management strategies.

Qualifications

• 7-9 years of database administration experience in SaaS.
• Expertise in MariaDB/MySQL and ElasticSearch.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimize database schema and performance.
• Implement security and compliance policies like GDPR.
• Plan and execute cloud database migrations.

Skills

Database Administration

Database Optimization

Cloud Database Technologies

GDPR Compliance

Automation (Python, Bash, Terraform)

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

MariaDB/MySQL

Amazon RDS

Google Cloud SQL

ElasticSearch

Monitoring Tools

Job description

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Job Summary:

As a Database Architect, you will be responsible for designing, optimizing, securing, and maintaining our database schema and infrastructure to support enterprise-class SaaS operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in database administration, design, architecture, performance optimization, security, and cloud database technologies, with a focus on enhancing data architecture for scalability and efficiency. Your work will directly contribute to customer success and drive TradeCentric’s growth.

Reports To:

Sr. Director of Architecture

Work Location:

Remote

Responsibilities:

1. Database Administration & Optimization: Maintain and optimize database schema and performance, ensuring security, availability, and scalability.
2. Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce security and compliance policies such as GDPR and PCI-DSS.
3. Backup & Disaster Recovery: Develop and maintain backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
4. Monitoring & Performance Tuning: Use monitoring tools to proactively address performance issues.
5. Query Optimization: Analyze and optimize queries for performance.
6. Cloud Database Migration: Plan and execute migrations between platforms like Amazon RDS and Google Cloud SQL.
7. Automation & Scripting: Develop scripts for maintenance and provisioning.
8. Database Architecture: Collaborate to design scalable, efficient databases.
9. Data Pipeline Support: Support development of data pipelines and ETL processes.
10. Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with various teams to align database strategies.

Who You Are:

1. Effective communicator, positive team player, collaborator.
2. 7-9 years of database administration experience in SaaS.
3. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
4. Expertise in MariaDB/MySQL (Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL), ElasticSearch.
5. Deep understanding of database security, encryption, access control, GDPR compliance.
6. Experience with backup, restore, disaster recovery.
7. Proven ability to optimize queries, indexing, caching.
8. Ability to design scalable database schemas.
9. Experience with monitoring tools and processes.
10. Automation experience using Python, Bash, Terraform.
11. Support for data pipelines and ETL.
12. Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code.