Database Administrator, Aker Systems
Redshift & Postgres
Cloud infrastructure for sensitive data
Job no longer available
Cloud infrastructure for sensitive data
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build and operate advanced, ultra-secure data infrastructure enabling customers to fully exploit the public cloud and become a real-time enterprise.
Role
Who you are
- AWS cloud computing best practices for scalable, distributed systems
- MPP database platforms design, build and operation (Postgres)
- Designing and implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Maintaining and monitoring the database platforms
- Performance tuning: indexing, partitioning & load balancing
- Deployment via CI/CD automation and configuration management
- Database modelling and data architectures
- Build and maintain scalable, distributed systems by following industry best practices
- Working alongside the Development teams, providing consultancy and guidance on best practices
- Proficient knowledge of SQL, bash scripting and Python
- MPP database platforms design, build and operation
- Designing and implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Maintaining, configuring automated alerting, and monitoring the database platforms
- Performance tuning: indexing, partitioning & load balancing
- Employ the best practices for change and release management by ensuring only rock-solid code goes to the production
- BAU production support - Advanced Diagnostics and trouble shooting skills with an outcome of finding root cause and prompt fix for high priority incidents
- The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree or greater in Computer Science or a related field
- An equivalent of at least 5 years of working experience in a DBA (Cloud-centric) capacity is also acceptable for this position
What the job involves
- Responsible for the reliability and performance aspects of multiple AWS Production and Non-Production databases supporting critical applications
- Work on observability of relevant database metrics aligned to service SLAs
- Provide database expertise to engineering teams (database migrations, queries and performance optimisations)
- Securing databases platforms and individual databases based on requirements and implementation
- Automation of database platform and help engineering focus on delivering working application services
- Identify parts of the data platforms that do not scale, provide immediate resolutions and drives long term resolution of these incidents
- Proactively work on the efficiency and capacity planning to set clear requirements and reduce the system resources usage to make cheaper to run
- Drive root cause analysis of incidents and draw on the experience of other members of the team to determine how to better respond to or avoid incidents in future
Our take
Cloud Computing has resulted in a paradigm shift in the way enterprises handle, process and transfer their commercial data. While the new technology has unlocked huge opportunities for these companies, for those handling sensitive data, engaging in this infrastructure can be challenging.
Aker Systems designs, builds and operates ultra-secure public cloud environments and advanced data infrastructure platforms. The company has developed a differentiated approach which combines service delivery with proprietary software automation and a commercial model that provides for competitive differentiation through pricing certainty, product performance and accelerated delivery.
The startup has thus far impressed in its niche, even winning awards in the banking sector. However, competing with the behemoths of IT infrastructure will mean expanding its product portfolio while engaging a wider range of regulated industries.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
64% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Pension
- 25 days annual leave
- Life assurance
- Shopping discounts
- Give as you earn scheme
- Nursery savings scheme
- Virtual GP
- Private medical insurance
- Financial advice
Company HQ
Bicester, UK
Leadership
James Rowley
(Co-Founder & CPO)Previously worked in Business Intelligence and Data Architecture for the UK Government. Before that worked as a Senior BI Consultant for CGI Business Consulting.
Darren Thomas
(Co-Founder & CEO)Was Senior Vice President of Sales for Sungard. Before that, worked as a VP at Hewlett-Packard Printing.
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