ABOUT THE ROLE
As part of our continuous growth and commitment to excellence, we are excited to introduce a brand-new role: Database Engineer. This pivotal position will operate within our technology department, which plays an essential role in ensuring the smooth and efficient functioning and development of our databases and pipelines.
You will be responsible for developing, optimising and managing these databases and ensuring a high-level of data quality and integrity. You will be defining the principles and processes that underpin data management while ensuring we maintain the highest standards for data management, security, privacy and compliance.
WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
1. Design, develop, and optimise relational and non-relational databases across production and non-production environments.
2. Provisioning, configuring, patching, upgrading, and maintaining databases.
3. Automating the management of new and existing databases to ensure that processes are repeatable and scalable.
4. Create and manage database schemas, tables, stored procedures, indexes, and triggers.
5. Ensuring high availability of databases through clustering, replication, and other techniques.
6. Implement and maintain data pipelines and ETL processes for real-time and batch data ingestion.
7. Monitor database performance and proactively address issues related to tuning and optimization.
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