Easy JobDataBase Administrator
Banco Plata, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple · Worldwide · Full-time · Remote
Cloud Services Team:
We are looking for a skilled Database Administrator with proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing large-scale, high-performance database systems. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of mission-critical databases across multiple technologies and environments.
Challenges that await you:
• Architect and optimize database infrastructures to support large-scale, high-traffic workloads.
• Administer and maintain clusters across PostgreSQL
• Design and operate backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring business continuity.
• Automate operational processes, including scaling, monitoring, and maintenance, using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform,OpenTofu, CloudFormation), Ansible, Gitlab CI
• Optimize performance at every layer: schema design, query execution, indexing, caching, and storage.
• Configure and manage replication and sharding strategies for high availability, fault tolerance, and geo-distribution.
• Ensure compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and enforce database security best practices.
What makes you a great fit:
• 3+ years of hands-on experience as a DBA in production-grade, distributed environments.
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL
• Proven expertise in managing databases across major cloud platforms (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Azure,Yandex Cloud)
• Advanced expertise in SQL query tuning, schema optimization, and indexing strategies.
• Strong experience with replication, partitioning, and clustering in high-availability systems.
• Proficiency in backup, restore, and failover mechanisms in multi-AZ and multi-region setups.
• Skills in automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Go).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes-based deployments(example operator Zalando for PG,Strimzi Kafka) and modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch).
• B1 or higher English level for effective communication with an internatio