Global financial institution with R&D development HUB in Prague. The company is using the most modern technology stack etc. Kubernetes, Openshift, cloud based technologies. Scrum based teams.
We are looking for a dedicated Database System Engineer with DevOps experience to contribute to the development and operations of critical infrastructure for 24/7 services in agile working environment.
- Creating, tuning, and managing databases running on a variety of engines (MySQL, MariaDB, PSSQL,Oracle)
- Working within the Engineering team to create and improve automation processes with Ansible for database administration
- Ensuring secure, performant, and resilient database systems for 24/7 productive ecosystems
- Designing migration strategies for databases for critical tech migration and datacenter migration projects (LogShipping, Replication, Failover, Clustering, Active/Active etc.)
- Daily operation of mission critical database infrastructure
- Implementing security baselines and proactively looking to strengthen security posture on database systems
- Proposing new methods for operations whilst demonstrating new technological advancements and their benefits
- Collaborating with technical teams on delivery chain
- Automating infrastructure delivery using industry standard tools
- Creation of procedural documentation (Operational handbook)
- Active participation in agile team ceremonies
- Participation in On-Call rotation
- 5+ years of experience in designing and administering MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and Oracle database engines for mission critical environments including HA and DR aspects and troubleshooting
- 3+ years of experience in Linux system administration including LVM, IAM, RBAC
- A history of success collaborating with operations teams, network engineers, and developers
- 5+ years of experience with automating DBA tasks (preferably via Ansible)
- Experience with agile/lean working frameworks
- Cohesive and clear active communication skills
Nice to have:
- History of success in datacenter or technology migration projects
- Substantial experience with Everything as Code approach
- Profound architectural understanding on database design in mission critical and regulated environments
- Familiarity with virtual and bare metal, self-hosted Linux ecosystems
- Familiarity with the containerization concept (K8S is a plus)
- Hands-on experience with monitoring/logging/alerting for databases
- Familiarity with SAN/NAS/DAS/S3 storage systems
- Bonuses
- Work mostly from home
- Flexible start/end of working hours
- Contributions to the pension / life insurance
- Contribution to sport / culture / leisure
- Education allowance
- Individual budget for personal growth
- Educational courses, trainings
- Transport allowance
- Meal tickets / catering allowance
- Cafeteria
- Refreshments on workplace
- Corporate events
- Holidays 5 weeks
- Sick days
- Notebook
