Database Administrator (DBA)

Posted 10 Days Ago
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Office, Machaze, Manica
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The Role
This role involves designing and maintaining databases, optimizing performance, ensuring security, and collaborating with teams for application support.
Summary Generated by Built In

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy, maintain, and monitor production-grade databases across NoSQL and RDBMS environments.

  • Optimize database performance, query execution, and indexing strategies for large-scale datasets.

  • Set up and manage replication, sharding, clustering, and backups for MongoDB and Elasticsearch.

  • Configure PostgreSQL with custom parameters for tuning, connection pooling, WAL archiving, and recovery.

  • Ensure high availability and disaster recovery strategies are in place and regularly tested.

  • Monitor database health using tools like Prometheus/Grafana, Kibana, or custom scripts.

  • Implement security best practices including access controls, encryption (TLS at rest/in transit), and auditing.

  • Work closely with DevOps and Development teams to support application performance and deployment cycles.

  • Write and maintain automation scripts using Bash, Python, or Ansible for provisioning and maintenance.

  • Plan and execute major version upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime.

  • Document configurations, architecture decisions, and standard operating procedures.

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience as a DBA or similar role managing MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and PostgreSQL.

  • Solid understanding of data modeling principles across both NoSQL and SQL paradigms.

  • Experience with replica sets, indexes, and aggregation pipelines in MongoDB.

  • Expertise in Elasticsearch cluster management, index lifecycle policies (ILM), and query DSL.

  • Proficiency in managing PostgreSQL installations, including roles, extensions (e.g., PostGIS, pg_stat_statements), and vacuuming strategies.

  • Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or other container platforms for DB deployment.

  • Experience with infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) is a plus.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a detail-oriented mindset.

  • Comfortable in fast-paced environments with strong time management.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PostgreSQL certification or equivalent experience.

  • MongoDB DBA Certification or similar.

  • Experience with TimescaleDB, Redis, ClickHouse, or other database technologies.

  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC).

  • Experience working in cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or DigitalOcean.

Top Skills

Ansible
AWS
Bash
Clickhouse
Digitalocean
Docker
Elasticsearch
GCP
Grafana
Kibana
Kubernetes
MongoDB
Postgres
Prometheus
Python
Redis
Terraform
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, California
143 Employees

What We Do

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