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Mid LevelFull-timeRustAzurePostgreSQLMongoDBGit
Salary Range
$36,338 - $49,162 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Database Administrator to join our team at Kaizen Gaming, a leading GameTech company operating in 19 markets. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing our MS SQL Server environments, with a strong focus on availability, security, and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- →Provide comprehensive day-to-day support, monitoring, troubleshooting, and administration for multiple MS SQL databases, with a particular focus on high-availability configurations like Availability Groups.
- →Diagnose and resolve complex performance and availability issues, performing in-depth root cause analysis to prevent future occurrences.
- →Oversee database maintenance processes, including performance tuning, index management, and job automation, ensuring optimal operation.
- →Develop and enforce backup and recovery policies, ensuring database resilience and disaster recovery readiness.
- →Apply security patches, conduct version upgrades, and enforce strict compliance with database security best practices.
- →Handle support calls and resolve technical issues promptly, including responses to security incidents and operational challenges.
- →Leverage expertise in alternative database engines like MongoDB and CockroachDB to contribute to cross-functional database projects.
- →Manage and optimize cloud-based database environments, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability in cloud infrastructure.
Requirements
- ✓Solid, hands-on experience in MS SQL Server database administration in production environments.
- ✓Extensive experience with MS SQL Server database features, including Jobs Scheduling, Monitoring, Patching, Backup/Recovery, Replication, Availability Groups, and Always On configurations.
- ✓Good knowledge of memory tables and table partitioning
- ✓Proven expertise in diagnosing and resolving performance bottlenecks and availability issues.
- ✓Good understanding of alternative database engines like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and CockroachDB, with practical experience in administration and troubleshooting.
- ✓Good knowledge of cloud database administration, with experience on platforms such as Azure.
- ✓Practical experience with Git version control / GitLab.
- ✓Fluency in English, both written and spoken, with excellent communication skills.
- ✓Strong teamwork, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities, combined with a proactive approach to continuous learning.
