Database Administrator

What you will do everyday: Design and maintain relational and non-relational database systems to meet project demand Upgrading existing databases, setting up master/slave, replication and migrating existing databases to cloud DB services Research to optimize database query/sp and performance Build/execute encryption and data security policies Work with developers to reduce resource consumption and shorten request latency Ensure the highest level of database systems and infrastructure availability Design backup and recovery processes for data and servers Test and evaluate the system regularly to ensure the highest level of data security, privacy and integrity Monitor database performance and perform regular server maintenance by applying patches and versioning when required Analyze and identify capacity-related issues in systems and applications Troubleshoot any database-related issues Your Superpowers: Minimum Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or equivalent Minimum 5 years of experience as a Database Administrator or database-related roles Minimum 2 years of AWS/GCP experience in administration and performance tuning of Linux-based application stacks Experience in MySQL, Postgres and Elastic Experience in working with GCP is a plus GCP/AWS certification will be an added advantage Knowledge of all things networking such as SSH, DNS, SSL/TLS, TCP/IP Ability to dive into system logs, identify and resolve faults and issues Experience of data backup, recovery and security Prior experience in e-payments or the e-commerce or financial data industry is a plus Have a penchant for digging deep and troubleshooting difficult and complex problems Broad awareness of customer workloads and use cases, including performance, availability and scalability Working knowledge of relational database internals (locking, consistency, serialization, recovery paths)