Database Administrator (DBA)

FP Markets Group of Companies is a well-established multi-regulated broker, founded in Australia, offering traders access to CFD trading on Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks and Cryptocurrencies. We are growing and looking to recruit a Full-time Database Administrator (DBA) in Cyprus office - a certified Great Place to Work®. The role is also available for candidate from other countries - Remote model (exc Russia and Belarus)

We're looking for a Database Administrator to own the health, performance, and reliability of our database fleet on AWS. You'll work across MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL Server — running production workloads on RDS — and partner with engineering teams on schema design, query performance, and operational excellence.

What You'll Work With: AWS RDS / Aurora · MySQL · PostgreSQL · MS SQL Server · Terraform · Prometheus · Grafana · Python · ClickHouse

Reporting to: Head of Security and Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

• Administer production databases on AWS RDS — MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server

• Design and maintain HA / DR architectures: replication, Multi-AZ, read replicas, failover, backups

• Tune performance — query optimization, indexing, execution plans, parameter groups

• Capacity planning, sizing, and cost optimization across the database fleet

• Manage schema changes and migrations safely in production

• Monitor database health with Prometheus / Grafana / CloudWatch; tune alerting

• Lead incident response for database outages, performance issues, and data integrity events

• Implement and enforce security controls — encryption, access management, auditing, secrets rotation

• Partner with developers on data modeling, query reviews, and access patterns

• Automate routine work — backups, patching, provisioning — using IaC

• Document standards, runbooks, and recovery procedures

• Participate in on-call rotation

Candidate profile:

• 4+ years as a DBA or database-focused engineer in production environments

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS RDS (and ideally Aurora)

• Deep expertise in at least two of: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server

• Advanced SQL — query tuning, execution plans, stored procedures, window functions

• Solid understanding of replication, backups, point-in-time recovery, and HA / DR patterns

• Experience with database security — IAM, encryption (KMS), TLS, auditing

• Schema design and migration experience in high-availability environments

• Experience with ClickHouse

• Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation

• Linux fundamentals and networking basics

Nice to Have:

• IaC for databases — Terraform, CloudFormation

• Schema migration tooling — Flyway, Liquibase, Alembic

• NoSQL exposure — DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, ElastiCache

• Data warehousing — Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery

• Experience with CDC tooling — Debezium, AWS DMS

• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Percona Toolkit, pgBadger)

• Experience in regulated environments (fintech, financial services, SOC 2, ISO 27001, DORA)

• Certifications — AWS Database Specialty, Microsoft, Oracle, PostgreSQL

Our offer:

• A certified Great Place to Work®  reflecting our commitment to a positive culture, employee well-being, and support

• Welcoming, young and multicultural team with approachable leadership

• Ability to contribute to dynamic business at a growth phase

• High level of autonomy, support of ideas and putting your expertise into the best practices for the company

• Continuous personal development, training budget, growth with the company and opportunity to learn from industry leaders

• Competitive remuneration, regular salary reviews and performance-based incentive schemes

• Vibrant company life: from team activities to global celebrations

• New beautiful office in an easily accessible location with company-provided fruits, breakfasts and lunches

• Free access to multiple sports and wellness facilities across the country

• Free company-provided parking

• Medical insurance and pension fund after probation period

• A gift and a day off on your Birthday

• Visa and work permit support if required 

Journey to FP Markets:

• Interview with People Function member (30 - 45 min) to assess match to our culture

• Interview with your future manager (45 min - 1 hour) to assess match to the job and the team and discuss role expectations

Join our team and be a part of a professional, rapidly-growing company operating in a multicultural environment!