Database Administrator

Description:

A global financial services organization is looking for a Senior Database Administrator to join its highly skilled Database Services team, supporting business-critical clearing systems. This role focuses on the design, administration, optimization, and support of Postgres, Oracle, and MS SQL databases, ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance within a regulated and mission-critical environment.

This is a great opportunity to join a globally distributed IT organization operating its own data centers and infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on proactive monitoring, automation, and collaboration with architecture, development, and support teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize production, non-production, and DR database environments.
• Proactively monitor performance, availability, and capacity across global systems.
• Handle installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and backup/recovery of databases.
• Lead the planning and execution of HA and DR testing.
• Work closely with infrastructure, development, and architecture teams to support business initiatives.
• Contribute to system documentation, automation scripts, and runbooks.
• Provide database support and best practices to development teams.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Expert-level Postgres (Enterprise or Community Edition).
• Experience with large-scale, high-throughput systems (multi-TB).
• Proficiency with Red Hat/Linux, Postgres clustering, replication, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with pgBackRest, logical/physical backups, and partitioning.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, AWK, SED).
• Understanding of Linux networking, file systems (NFS/GPFS), and OS-level diagnostics.
• Exposure to global monitoring solutions and automation tools.

Desirable (Bonus) Skills

• Oracle database and Exadata/ODA system experience.
• Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) administration and patching.
• Experience with engineered systems, automation, and SQL optimization.
• Familiarity with high-compliance environments (e.g., financial services).

Flexible Working
This role offers a hybrid model with opportunities for remote work, including on-call and out-of-hours support flexibility.