Lead Database Administrator

EG; Województwo mazowieckie; Hybrid; PLN 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

EG is seeking a Lead Database Administrator to own the end-to-end database estate across on-prem VMware and public cloud. You will set and enforce standards, drive reliability, and lead automation efforts while collaborating with application teams on schema design and performance.

This is a senior, hands-on role with no direct reports, but you become the technical authority on databases. You will manage lifecycle, backups, HA/DR, security, and monitoring across multi-platform environments,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on DBA experience owning a database estate.
• Strong production experience with MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with cloud-native/managed databases (Azure SQL, RDS).
• Proven ability to define and enforce operational standards for backups, HA/DR, and security.
• Experience with performance tuning, capacity planning, and production incident analysis.
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, Ansible) applied to database provisioning.
• Comfortable operating in both on-prem VMware and public cloud environments.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Own the full database estate across on-premises VMware and public cloud (AWS, Azure) — what exists, ownership, criticality, and state.
• Act as the single point of accountability for the database domain in the organization.
• Own the roadmap for database platform lifecycle — versions, end-of-support, upgrades, decommissioning.
• Define configuration, security, backup, and operational standards for supported databases.
• Establish monitoring and compliance checks to catch deviations automatically.
• Own and improve database runbooks, documentation, and governance artifacts.
• Design and validate high-availability and backup strategies; regularly test restore procedures.
• Lead performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting for production workloads.
• Own patching and version-upgrade planning across the estate.
• Drive automation of provisioning, monitoring, and routine maintenance tasks.
• Evaluate and introduce tooling that improves visibility, self-service, and consistency.
• Work with application teams on schema design, query performance, and data-related incident response.
• Mentor engineers who touch databases day-to-day.
• Represent the database domain in capacity planning, architecture reviews, and cross-team ceremonies.

Skills

MS SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Azure SQL

RDS

DBA ownership

Performance tuning

Capacity planning

Incident/root-cause analysis

Terraform

Ansible

VMware on-prem

English fluency

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

About The Role

CloudOps runs infrastructure and operations across a distributed team in Poland and India, spanning private cloud and public cloud (AWS, Azure), Windows/Linux platforms, and networking and security tooling. We are looking for a Lead Database Administrator to take end-to-end ownership of the database estate: someone who holds the full overview of every platform and instance we run, sets the standards the rest of the organization builds against, and makes sure those standards are actually being monitored and enforced in production — not just written down. This is a senior, hands‑on specialist role rather than a people‑management position. You will not have direct reports, but you will be the technical authority the rest of CloudOps and application teams turn to on all things database — architecture, performance, security, and lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Own the full database estate

• Maintain a complete, current overview of every database platform, instance, and environment across on‑premises VMware and public cloud (AWS, Azure) — what exists, who owns it, how critical it is, and what state it's in.
• Act as the single point of accountability for the database domain: when a question about databases comes up anywhere in the organization, you're the person who either knows the answer or knows how to get it.
• Own the roadmap for database platform lifecycle — versions, end‑of‑support tracking, upgrades, and decommissioning.

Set and monitor standards

• Define configuration, security, backup, and operational standards for supported databases and drive their adoption across teams.
• Establish monitoring and compliance checks so deviations from standard are caught automatically rather than discovered during an incident or audit.
• Own and continuously improve database‑related runbooks, documentation, and governance artifacts.

Operate and improve reliability

• Design and validate high‑availability and backup strategy; regularly test restore procedures.
• Lead performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting for production database workloads.
• Own patching and version‑upgrade planning across the estate, balancing risk against staying within support.

Automate and modernize

• Drive automation of provisioning, monitoring, and routine maintenance tasks — moving the team away from manual, one‑off work.
• Evaluate and introduce tooling that improves visibility, self‑service, and consistency across the database estate.

Collaborate and share knowledge

• Work directly with application and development teams on schema design, query performance, and data‑related incident response.
• Act as a technical mentor to other engineers who touch databases day‑to‑day, without being their formal manager.
• Represent the database domain in capacity planning, architecture reviews, and cross‑team ceremonies.

Must‑Have

• 5+ years of hands‑on DBA experience, with demonstrated ownership of a database estate rather than isolated task work.
• Strong production experience with MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with cloud‑native/managed database services (Azure SQL, RDS, or equivalent).
• Proven track record of defining and enforcing operational standards (backup, HA/DR, security, monitoring) across a multi‑platform database environment.
• Experience with performance tuning, capacity planning, and incident/root‑cause analysis at production scale.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code experience (Terraform, Ansible) applied to database provisioning.
• Comfortable operating in a mixed on‑premises (VMware) and public cloud (AWS/Azure) environment.
• Fluent English, spoken and written — this role works across Poland, Denmark, and India.

Nice to Have

• Production experience with MySQL and/or MongoDB and/or DB2.
• Exposure to compliance frameworks or regulated environments (GDPR, data sovereignty requirements).

What Success Looks Like In The First 6 Months

• A documented, current inventory of the entire database estate with ownership and criticality mapped.
• Published standards for at least the highest‑risk platforms, with a monitoring mechanism showing where production deviates from them.
• At least one meaningful automation win removing manual, repetitive DBA work.

Our Values

Lead the Industry - We don't just serve our industries - we lead them. We bring deep expertise, set new standards, and help our customers stay ahead.

Make it Happen - We take ownership, move fast, and deliver real impact. When we say we'll do something, it gets done - no excuses, no politics.

Stronger Together - We are a global team shaped by Scandinavian values. The best software - and the best teams - are built on trust, openness, and collaboration across borders.

At EG, we build software that makes a difference.

Our industry‑specific software helps people and businesses work smarter every day. From doctors spending more time with patients to builders running safer, more efficient projects.

Our software is built by peers from the industry and backed by EG’s scale for stability, innovation, and security.

If you’re ambitious, curious, and take pride in ownership, you’ll thrive here. You’ll be trusted to grow your skills, shape meaningful solutions, and make an impact together with talented colleagues across borders.

Join us in creating software that works for people - not software that makes people work.

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