Database Engineer/Administrator - UK

UK Based Remote Position


Opportunity:

Daon provides innovative, award-winning identity management products and services to global businesses and public sector organizations. Our team of engineers and scientists has patented and brought to market more biometric identity verification systems and technologies than any team, anywhere. A privately held company with major offices in Europe, Australia, and North America. Daon has been providing fraud prevention solutions to organizations across six continents for over two decades.


Contribution:

You will work with Daon’s DevOps and Engineering teams as a Database Administrator/DBA to help deliver and support database solutions for our identity assurance products. This individual will be responsible for, and must be proficient in the installation, maintenance, and support of MySQL databases primarily, with the ability to also provide support for Oracle databases running on a range of on premise and cloud based platforms. The role will also involve working with DevOps, Support and Professional Services teams when necessary for database level input and support.


Profile:

You possess the flexibility and desire to learn new technologies and have a strong knowledge of database deployment and support capabilities. You strive to improve capabilities, be proactive in problem solving, pick up and champion new database technologies, apply best database administration practices, look to add value, and innovate. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a skilled team in an interesting and growing technology space, don’t miss it!


You have:

Minimum of 3 years in a Database Administration role
Strong working experience with MySQL and Oracle databases
Practical experience of installing, monitoring, and supporting production databases running on AWS EC2 and RDS. Linux/Unix/Windows experience also useful
Knowledge of AWS Aurora (MySQL-compatible) would be beneficial
Experience of large-scale data migrations, upgrades, archives and backup and recovery strategies is important
Experience of partitioning strategies and knowledge of large-scale data replication technologies like AWS DMS (Database Migration Service) or Oracle Goldengate would be ideal
Familiarity with high availability, active-active and scalability solutions like Oracle RAC, Oracle DataGuard, MySQL group replication would be an advantage
Strong performance tuning and general database problem troubleshooting experience across all databases and operating system platforms above
Strong proficiency in SQL and SQL scripting with experience in PL/SQL and shell scripting
Ability to work independently, and as a member of a team

Join the brightest minds from around the globe as we build the future of digital identity!


Daon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Principals Only.