Head of Database Administration

👉 About the company The position is open with a large product iGaming company that has created 100 cutting edge products, operating in 20 different markets, employing 1,300 people.

👉 Who are we looking for? We are looking for an experienced Head of Database Administration (DBA) to lead and scale our database team. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on expertise, ensuring stability, scalability, and performance across a diverse database ecosystem.

✅ Tech Stack: ✔️ Relational Databases: MySQL, Percona XtraDB Cluster, Amazon RDS, Aurora; ✔️ Analytics & Streaming: ClickHouse, CDC data streaming (Debezium); ✔️ NoSQL: MongoDB; ✔️ Infrastructure: Databases hosted in the cloud, on-premises, and in Kubernetes environments.

✅ Responsibilities: ✔️ Lead and manage a growing DBA team (currently 5 members, with active hiring ongoing); ✔️ Oversee performance, availability, backup, and disaster recovery for more than 100 database servers, including several high-load systems; ✔️ Collaborate closely with development teams, solution architects, and data analysts to ensure database reliability and efficiency; ✔️ Drive adoption of modern practices for database management, migrations, automation, and process standardization; ✔️ Evaluate, implement, and optimize new technologies and solutions to meet evolving business needs.

✅ Requirements: ✔️5+ years of experience in a Database Administration role. ✔️ 3+ years of experience in managing teams. ✔️ Proven experience managing large-scale, high-availability database infrastructures; ✔️ Strong leadership and people management skills; ✔️ Experience working across cloud, on-premises, and containerized environments (Kubernetes); ✔️ Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

​​👉 The company offers: 🏝️23 working days of vacation per year; 🏥 6 sick days without a doctor's note; 🩺Medical insurance; 🎁Birthdays, milestones, and employee anniversaries celebrations; 📍Modern offices with snacks and all the essentials; 🏋️‍♂️Social Club and more than 50 events per year - coming soon; 🍲Breakfasts and lunches (partially covered); 📚Language classes & tennis lessons (partially covered).