Database Admin II
Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an ever-changing world, companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth, backed by over 50 years’ experience. Our team of over 2,400 experts, operating across 30 global locations, are enabling customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership. Together, we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.
Wood Mackenzie Values
- Inclusive – we succeed together
- Trusting – we choose to trust each other
- Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
- Future Focused – we accelerate change
- Curious – we turn knowledge into action
Database Administrator II
Job Description
Wood Mackenzie has an exciting opportunity for a Database Administrator II (DBA) to join a dynamic global business to help drive change and innovation. We are looking for an experienced DBA (Database Administrator) professional to help us improve our suite of databases to be more robust, efficient, automated, and cloud friendly.
Role Purpose
This role's main responsibility is to provide operational database management within the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team and work with the software engineering teams for new and existing databases. This encompasses:
- working in partnership with the business and the technology teams, bringing awareness and insight of the different operational constraints / opportunities for projects targeting cloud-based or on-premises databases.
- design, implementation, and maintenance of cloud and on-prem database environments.
- promotion of mutual feedback in cross-functional groups, following database administration best practices.
- a strong focus on service availability and proactive detection of problems.
- ability to articulate technical and business concepts to different audiences and be able to influence technical decisions with solid metrics collection and proof of concepts.
Responsibilities:
- Write infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation) for use with database automation and creation
- Help plan and manage database projects, ensuring successful implementation and delivery with the assistance of Senior and Principal DBAs (Database Administrators).
- Develop, improve, and implement backup and recovery strategies for mission-critical databases.
- Contribute to the design and optimization of databases, ensuring scalability and performance.
- Act as a mentor to more junior DBAs, sharing knowledge and best practices.
- Evaluate, recommend changes to, and contribute to changes in DBA processes and workflows.
- Participate in / conduct post-mortems of production incidents.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align database strategies with business objectives.
- Migrate legacy servers to newer versions and to the cloud where applicable.
- Assist with operational security and compliance.
- Raise potential threats to operational and security teams.
- Participate in 24/7/365 on-call support rotation every few weeks.
Qualifications
We understand every organization is different and professionals have their own unique history and experience, so we do not expect to find a 100% match of candidate competencies in respect of the tech stack we use in Wood Mackenzie. We list our preferred technologies, but if you have transferrable knowledge and you are willing to learn what you do not know, we will consider your application.
Skill Requirements:
- 2-5 years' experience with Database Administration
- Work with software engineering teams to provide direction in database queries and indexes for optimum efficiency and supportability.
- Work in an Agile environment supporting multiple software engineering teams.
- Substantial experience with one or more of the following database platforms.
- Microsoft SQL server
- PostgreSQL / Enterprise Database (Postgres Advanced Server)
- Proficiency with Azure Postgres, Azure SQL, AWS Aurora, and/or AWS RDS (Relational Database Service).
- Proven experience with planning / managing database projects.
- Proven experience with backup and recovery strategies including testing.
- Experience with database design principles and optimization for scalability and performance.
- Mentorship experience for more junior DBA members.
- Assist and direct routine system/database maintenance.
Additional Preferred Skills:
- Proficiency with infrastructure as code using Terraform / Cloud Formation.
- Intermediate to advanced Linux administration skills (Ubuntu/RHEL).
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible/Salt Stack).
- Proficiency with programming / scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and PowerShell.
- Proficiency with command line tools to quickly triage and fix production issues.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. You can find out more about your rights under the law at www.eeoc.gov
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