• Accelerate infrastructure deployment and optimize data architecture:
• Manage and enhance our AWS cloud infrastructure, with a focus on RDS MySQL databases, to ensure optimal performance, availability, and security
• Implement strategies to significantly reduce infrastructure deployment times, emphasizing efficiency and scalability

• Improve developer support and infrastructure issue resolution:
• Work closely with developers to optimize database performance, addressing bottlenecks and ensuring data integrity
• Streamline the process for resolving infrastructure tickets, focusing on database-related issues to improve overall response and resolution times

• Enhance DX culture and documentation:
• Participate in creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation that outlines Platform philosophy and methodologies, with a focus on database management practices
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• Develop and support efficient onboarding and asynchronous work:
• Contribute to a comprehensive onboarding program for Engineering and Data teams, aimed at enhancing productivity and efficiency
• Develop guidelines for effective asynchronous work, with an emphasis on database engineering and collaboration tools

• Enhance monitoring and operational efficiency: Implement and train on advanced monitoring tools to improve incident response and system health tracking
• Develop strategies to streamline and automate the top time-consuming database tasks
• Develop self-healing capabilities for critical database services

• Create comprehensive documentation and automated responses:
• Develop and document play/runbooks for critical database services
• Create and deploy alerts for databases that trigger automated corrective actions for common service incident

Day to day

• Monitor and resolve performance and availability issues of cloud-based databases through routine maintenance and optimization tasks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design and implement efficient data models and schemas that meet business requirements.
• Fine-tune database queries and indexes, and implement caching mechanisms to optimize database performance.
• Develop and implement backup and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity and availability in case of failures.
• Automate database administration tasks using scripting languages, and employ Infrastructure as Code practices for streamlined deployments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, provide guidance, and document database configurations and troubleshooting guides.
• Work closely with the data team, providing expertise on database aspects, data modeling, migration projects, and code reviews.
• Implement security best practices, access controls, and ensure compliance with data privacy regulations.
• Stay updated with the latest database technologies, research new tools and methodologies, and provide recommendations for improvement.

Requirements

• +3 years of experience working as a DBA, Cloud Database Administrator or similar.
• Proficient in utilizing AWS monitoring tools and techniques to resolve performance and availability issues in cloud-based databases.
• Skilled in leveraging AWS services and features to optimize database performance and conduct routine maintenance tasks.
• Strong ability to design efficient data models and schemas in AWS that align with business requirements.
• Thorough understanding of AWS database services like RDS (Relational Database Service), Aurora MySQL, DynamoDB, and Redshift.
• Experienced in fine-tuning database queries, optimizing indexes, and implementing caching mechanisms using AWS database technologies.
• Demonstrated capability in developing and implementing comprehensive backup and disaster recovery strategies in AWS.
• Advanced scripting proficiency in AWS-supported languages like Python or similar for automating database administration tasks.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using AWS CloudFormation or similar tools for streamlined deployments and consistent configuration.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders in AWS environments.
• Provides guidance, support, and comprehensive documentation for AWS database configurations and troubleshooting.
• Strong ability to collaborate closely with data teams in AWS, offering expertise on AWS database services, data modeling, migration projects, and code reviews.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS security best practices for databases, including access controls, encryption, and compliance with AWS data privacy regulations.
• Proactively stays updated with the latest AWS database technologies, tools, and methodologies.
• Conducts research, evaluates new AWS technologies, and provides recommendations for enhancing the AWS database infrastructure.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of database security best practices, including data encryption, access control, and compliance requirements such as GDPR or HIPAA.
• Experience working with data warehouses, technical data architectures, infrastructure components, ETL/ELT (Extract, Transform, Load/Extract, Load, Transform) processes, and reporting/analytic tools.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation to provide timely support and resolution for critical database issues outside regular business hours.