Your role: 

• Lead the planning, management, and scaling of datastores to meet complex data requirements. 
• Protect databases through rigorous testing of backup and recovery processes and perform regular security audits. 
• Use software and tooling to automate manual tasks, enabling engineers to innovate without risking data integrity. 
• Conduct risk analysis to determine which database challenges to address and which to automate or optimise. 
• Work closely with DevOps and team leaders to ensure high levels of standardisation, reliability, testability, maintainability, and system availability.
• Educate and support developers, building necessary guardrails to empower them in their database management efforts.
• Ensure database integrity by reducing complexity and validating job definitions to maintain accuracy.

Requirements:

• BSc/BA in any engineering major.

• Strong foundation in database design, implementation, and maintenance, with deep understanding of DBMSs and SQL.

• Ability to guide software engineers in optimising SQL performance for applications.

• Experience with database automation tools such as Saltstack, Puppet, or Chef.

• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Graphite, and Grafana.

• Expertise in preventing database failures and handling failure recovery scenarios.

• Familiarity with version control systems like Git for managing code changes and collaborating with team members.

• Experience with Docker and container-based infrastructure.

• Ability to communicate technical concepts across teams effectively.

• Skilled in documenting and presenting best practices for data storage systems to internal and external teams.

*EU/EFTA citizens OR holders of a Cyprus work permit OR foreign nationals married to an EU citizen