Technical Lead - Database

Jobtailor; Galway; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Ireland seeks a senior database leader to own strategy, architecture, and governance across AWS, Azure, and on‑prem estates. You will build and mentor an in‑house DBA pod, drive FinOps, and steer migrations with a focus on HA/DR, security, and regulatory compliance.

This role reports to platform leadership and collaborates with security, applications, and infrastructure teams to deliver robust, scalable database capabilities.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of database/DBA teams at lead, principal, or director level.
• Deep expertise across Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle, with MySQL / PostgreSQL and NoSQL exposure.
• Strong cloud database experience across AWS and Azure (Azure SQL, RDS/Aurora) and self-hosted (IaaS) databases.
• Track record setting database strategy, standards, and architecture across a complex, hybrid estate.
• Enterprise-scale HA/DR, backup/recovery, and business-continuity design meeting RTO/RPO.
• FinOps / cost-optimisation and capacity planning for cloud consumption and licensing.
• Database security and regulatory compliance - PCI DSS (or SOC 2 / ISO 27001) in payments or regulated environments.
• Automation and IaC mindset (Terraform, CI/CD, database DevOps).
• Demonstrated leadership of large-scale migration and modernisation programmes (on-prem to cloud).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management with a track record of building high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, architecture, standards, and roadmap for the entire database estate across AWS, Azure, and on-prem.
• Build, lead, and mentor the in-house DBA pod.
• Embed FinOps as a daily discipline.
• Lead the database workstream of cloud migration and drive ongoing modernisation and debt reduction.
• Set and assure resilience standards - high availability, disaster recovery, backup and recovery, and RTO/RPO.
• Own database security posture and PCI DSS compliance.
• Champion an automation-first, infrastructure-as-code approach.
• Govern performance tuning, capacity planning, and forecasting.
• Own database governance, SLAs, and vendor/partner relationships.
• Partner with application, platform, security, and infrastructure leaders.

Skills

Database strategy

Leadership

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle

MySQL

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

Azure SQL

RDS/Aurora

AWS

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

Automation

HA/DR

FinOps

PCI DSS

Security

Vendor management

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

RDS

Aurora

AWS

Azure

Job description

• Own the strategy, architecture, standards, and roadmap for the entire database estate across AWS, Azure, and on-prem
• Build, lead, and mentor the in-house DBA pod
• Embed FinOps as a daily discipline
• Lead the database workstream of the cloud migration and drive ongoing modernisation and technical-debt reduction
• Set and assure resilience standards - high availability, disaster recovery, backup and recovery, and RTO/RPO
• Own database security posture and PCI DSS compliance
• Champion an automation-first, infrastructure-as-code approach
• Govern performance tuning, capacity planning, and forecasting
• Own database governance, SLAs, and vendor / partner relationships
• Partner with application, platform, security, and infrastructure leaders

Requirements

• Proven leadership of database / DBA teams at lead, principal, or director level
• Deep, current expertise across Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle, with MySQL / PostgreSQL and NoSQL exposure
• Strong cloud database experience across AWS and Azure - Azure SQL (DB and Managed Instance), RDS / Aurora, and self-hosted (IaaS) databases
• Track record setting database strategy, standards, and architecture across a complex, hybrid estate
• Enterprise-scale HA/DR, backup / recovery, and business-continuity design, consistently meeting RTO/RPO
• FinOps / cost-optimisation and capacity planning for cloud consumption and licensing
• Database security and regulatory compliance - PCI DSS (or comparable such as SOC 2 / ISO 27001) in a payments or regulated environment
• Automation and infrastructure-as-code mindset (Terraform, CI/CD, database DevOps)
• Demonstrated leadership of large-scale migration and modernisation programmes (on-prem to cloud)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, with a track record of building and retaining high-performing teams.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in database strategy, architecture, and governance across cloud and on-prem environments, with a strong focus on security compliance and automation practices. Proven ability to lead and mentor DBA teams while driving modernization and performance optimization initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Database Strategy Development
• Microsoft SQL Server Expertise
• AWS Cloud Database Management
• PCI DSS Compliance
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Database Architecture
• High Availability (HA)
• Disaster Recovery (DR)
• Capacity Planning
• Performance Tuning
• Automation
• Database Security
• Cloud Migration
• Cost Optimization
• Regulatory Compliance

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Team Building
• Mentoring

Industry Keywords

• FinOps
• Technical-Debt Reduction
• Database Governance
• Business Continuity
• Payments Compliance

Tools & Technologies

• AWS
• Azure
• Terraform
• CI/CD
• Oracle
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• NoSQL
• RDS
• Aurora