At Paymentology, we’re redefining what’s possible in the payments space. As the first truly global issuer-processor, we give banks and fintechs the technology and talent to launch and manage Mastercard, Visa cards at scale - across more than 60 countries.
Our advanced, multi-cloud platform delivers real-time data, unmatched scalability, and the flexibility of shared or dedicated processing instances. It's this global reach and innovation that sets us apart.
We’re looking for a Senior MSSQL Database Administrator to own the reliability, performance, and security of our large-scale SQL Server estate. You will design and operate highly available data platforms, lead upgrades and migrations, drive observability and automation, and partner closely with engineers to deliver resilient, compliant, and performant data services.
What it takes to succeed:
- Proven experience leading SQL Server upgrades, e.g. 2016 to 2022
- Hands-on history building resilient HA/DR solutions with Always On Availability Groups
- Track record managing 15TB+ estates and tuning high-throughput transactional systems
- Expertise in security and governance including TDE and Dynamic Data Masking
- Experience with data lifecycle management including partitioning and archiving
- Proficiency designing backup and restore strategies that meet strict RPO/RTO targets
- Experience with observability tools and SRE-aligned monitoring practices
- Strong T-SQL skills for automation and operational tooling
- Familiarity with GitHub workflows to review and collaborate on database code changes
- Excellent documentation and cross-team communication capabilities
Education and Experience:
- 7+ years of experience in database administration, with advanced expertise in Microsoft SQL Server
- Nice to haves: Compliance & Regulatory experience; AWS and IaC expertise
Top Skills
What We Do
Paymentology is the leading next-gen cloud-native global issuer-processor. We provide digital banks, retail banks, fintechs and telcos the technology, team and experience to easily issue and process any type of physical or virtual card; debit, prepaid, credit and more. Anywhere in the world, rapidly and at scale.
Our superior multi-cloud platform offering both shared and dedicated processing instances, vast global presence, and richer real-time data set us apart as the leader in payments. Our payments experts bring deep, local market knowledge on the ground in 60 countries, across 14 time zones, guaranteeing 24/7 support.
We are deeply committed to increasing financial inclusion worldwide,
and to making a positive impact in the communities in which we operate
