Senior Database Administrator

TL;DR

Senior Database Administrator: Managing and optimizing RDBMS and NoSQL solutions with an accent on performance, scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery. Focus on implementing replication, partitioning, and sharding, assisting development teams, and driving automation for infrastructure and database lifecycle management.

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global is a global commerce company focused on providing robust tools and services to help video game developers fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games worldwide.

What you will do

• Manage RDBMS and NoSQL solutions across various environments.
• Ensure database performance, scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Implement and manage replication chains, partitioning/sharding, and backups.
• Assist development teams with creating, optimizing, and troubleshooting database solutions.
• Drive automation using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools and custom tooling.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Technology, or a related field.
• Expert-level experience with at least one of MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Strong knowledge of SQL (DDL, DML, DCL).
• Experience with AWS or GCP cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in Linux.
• English language proficiency at B2 level or higher.

Nice to have

• Experience in scripting, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Puppet, Bash/Python).
• Team management experience.
• Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or Zabbix.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Program including 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Unlimited Flexible Time Off.
• Personalized career roadmap and investment in professional development through training and educational opportunities.
• Supportive environment that values creativity, collaboration, and employee well-being.