Database Administrator

We are looking for a Senior/Team Lead DBA at Inktech to manage the team and ensure stable database operation. The main stack is PostgreSQL in Cloud SQL (GCP).

Responsibilities:

• Lead the DBA team: planning, prioritisation, task allocation, deadline and quality control;

• Develop a roadmap and standards for the DBA department: regulations, best practices, templates/procedures, internal workshops;

• Full database/cluster lifecycle: design, implementation, operation, monitoring, optimisation;

• Support and development of database infrastructure: Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) — main circuit, PostgreSQL in Kubernetes (Zalando Postgres Operator), ClickHouse, MongoDB;

• Participation in incidents: diagnostics, coordination of troubleshooting, post-mortems and improvements;

• Database and query tuning: parameters, maintenance, indexes, slow query optimisation, capacity planning;

• Building and developing monitoring/alerting, runbooks and response procedures;

• Assisting development teams with database issues: data modelling, migrations, query efficiency, scalability;

• Reviewing database-related changes (SQL/migrations/configurations).

Requirements:

• 5+ years as a DBA/Database Engineer;

• Experience operating PostgreSQL in production (reliability, performance, maintenance);

• Diagnostics and optimisation practices: EXPLAIN/ANALYZE, indexes, locks/concurrency, autovacuum, parameter tuning;

• Backup/recovery, basic HA/DR practices (RPO/RTO, restore checks);

• Experience in building monitoring and alerting for DBMS (metrics/logs, rules, response);

• Participation in incident analysis (RCA/post-mortems, prevention of recurrence);

• Leadership/coordination experience: planning, prioritisation, meeting deadlines, reviews, team development;

• Ability to interact effectively with development: consultations, review of requests/migrations, recommendations on data modelling and scaling;

• Python/Go for automation tasks.

We offer:

• High salary (plus performance bonuses and salary revision regularly);

• Remote work;

• Work schedule: Mon-Fri (8 hours per day) with flexible starting hours;

• 24 days holiday leave;

• Corporate English lessons;

• Exciting work challenges that allow you to grow to your full potential;

• A strong team of like-minded professionals who will be by your side to accomplish ambitious projects, stimulate your professional development and bring experience.

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