Overview
Responsible for the reliability, performance, security, and recoverability of database, caching and messaging platforms supporting business-critical services and transactions.
Key Responsibilities
· Own PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL and SQL Server platforms.
· Manage Kafka/MSK, Redis, DocumentDB and Couchbase environments.
· Maintain backup, recovery and disaster-recovery capabilities.
· Perform tuning, optimisation and capacity planning.
· Support schema migrations and database lifecycle management.
· Maintain encryption, auditing and access controls.
Required Experience
· PostgreSQL and SQL Server administration.
· AWS database services including RDS and Aurora.
· Kafka/MSK, Redis and NoSQL technologies.
· Linux administration and automation.
· Disaster recovery and high-availability environments.
Service Recovery Objectives
Maintain tested recovery procedures supporting aggressive RPO and RTO targets for business-critical services.
Core Competencies
Data integrity, ownership, troubleshooting, risk management, and documentation.