• For our Section "Energy IT”, we are looking for a dedicated Database Administrator with DevOps experience to contribute to the development and operations of critical infrastructure for 24/7 services in agile working environment.

Tasks/responsibilities:

• Creating, tuning, and managing databases running on a variety of engines (MySQL, MariaDB, PSSQL)
• 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(e.g., development, application operations, networks, datacenter, san, global security)
• Automating infrastructure delivery using industry standard tools
• Creation of procedural documentation (Operational handbook)
• Active participation in agile team ceremonies
• Participation in On-Call rotation

Minimum Qualifications/required skills:

• 5+ years of experience in designing and administering MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL 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)
• Cohesive and clear active communication skills

Nice to Have Qualifications:

• 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
• Work experience with Agile frameworks (KanBan/Scrum)