CareerFinders, on behalf of our client, a progressive, International Investment Firm offering brokerage services across various affiliates and subsidiaries, we are seeking to recruit a Senior Database Administrator to join their expanding team of professionals based in Limassol. The successful candidate will possess 5+ years of hands-on experience in administering MS SQL and MySQL/MariaDB servers. Any prior experience with cloud database services including AWS and/or Azure will be considered a significant advantage. Fluency in English is a must.

Key Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Configure and maintain various company databases and database servers, both in cloud and on-premises, including advanced replication scenarios.
• Ensure enterprise level security and proper user access and permissions.
• Work closely with Data Architect, developers and IT on data accessibility and performance.
• Monitor and tune the database and queries performance.
• Ensure data integrity and high availability.
• Analyse and apply security and performance recommendations.
• Monitor new trends and best practices in data security and accessibility and apply them across the company when applicable.

Key Skills/Experience: 

• 5+ years of commercial experience in administering MS SQL and MySQL/MariaDB servers.
• Experience with cloud database services and managed instances (in AWS or Azure) is a huge benefit.
• SQL profiling and performance tuning on both infrastructure and application levels.
• Good English verbal and written communication skills.
• Would be considered an advantage:

• Exposure to other SQL and NOSQL databases.
• Experience with SSIS, SSAS.
• Python, C# or other languages.
• Experience with JIRA or other issue tracking software.
• Experience with Git.

To apply for this vacancy, please send your CV, along with any covering letter to jobs@careerfinders.com.cy quoting the reference number CAR5601. Please note that due to the high volumes of applications received only shortlisted applicants will be responded to. By sending us your CV you are giving CareerFinders your consent to be contacted for this and any other suitable vacancies that we believe match your skills and experience. To view our privacy policy, please click www.careerfinders.com.cy/privacy-policy.