Senior Database Administrator

Playtech's Infrastructure unit is looking for a Senior Database Administrator with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. You will work with the company’s global database platform daily operations - from initial setup to tools development. You will work with high-volume databases in a complex environment with many moving parts. Plan and execute all aspects of database administration to achieve maximum stability and availability. Install and upgrade databases and high-availability solutions for databases. Develop automation, monitoring and other tooling. Participate in an on-call rotation to support database-related production incidents.

• Work with the company’s global database platform daily operations - from initial setup to tools development.
• Work with high-volume databases in a complex environment with many moving parts.
• Plan and execute all aspects of database administration to achieve maximum stability and availability.
• Install and upgrade databases and high-availability solutions for databases.
• Develop automation, monitoring and other tooling.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support database-related production incidents.

• Expert-level knowledge in PostgreSQL and Maria DB database administration (required).
• Knowledge and know-how of the IT field in general - specifically about network and operating systems (Linux/Unix) (required).
• True team player and open to new ways of doing things (required).
• Novel thinking and fresh ideas (required).
• Challenged by problems - the more complex, the more interesting (required).
• Proactive - when you see something that's broken, it's only natural for you to get it fixed and find out the root causes (required).
• Strive to continuously expand your knowledge and have strong learning capabilities to support this (required).
• Strong scripting ability (Python, Bash, or similar) to support tooling and automation workflows (required).
• Hands-on experience with AWS database services (nice-to-have).
• Experience running databases on Kubernetes using MariaDB or PostgreSQL operators (nice-to-have).

• Empowerment, support and mentoring.
• Initiative-taking, positive and confident approach at the workplace.
• Global scope and inclusive working environment.
• Constant learning and development opportunities.
• Active lifestyle and mental well-being.