Database administrator - GCCA Remote
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What Well Bring:
At TransUnion we strive to build an environment where our associates are in the drivers seat of their professional development while having access to help along the way. We encourage everyone to pursue passions and take ownership of their careers. With the support of colleagues and mentors our associates are given the tools needed to get where they want to go. Regardless of job titles our associates have the opportunity to learn new things and be a leader every day.Come be a part of our team youll work with great people pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
Were looking for a talented and proactive Data Base Administrator Developer to join our growing engineering team.
What Youll Bring:
- 3 years of hands-on experience as a MySQL DBA with deep expertise in:
- Database architecture query optimization and transaction/locking mechanisms.
- Storage engines (InnoDB MyISAM) and replication (GTID binlog).
- Proven experience with AWS RDS including:
- Configuration of parameter groups Multi-AZ deployments and Performance Insights.
- Backup/Restore (snapshots PITR) and cross-region replication.
- Scalability expertise:
- Designing sharding partitioning and read/write splitting for high-traffic systems.
- Familiarity with sharding tools (e.g. Vitess ShardingSphere) is a plus.
- Security & Compliance:
- Implementing TLS encryption IAM-based access control and data masking.
- Monitoring & Automation:
- Tools: CloudWatch Prometheus/Grafana Percona PMM.
- Scripting skills (Python/Shell) for automation.
- Nice-to-Have:
- Experience with Redis DynamoDB or other NoSQL solutions.
- Knowledge of Aurora or data warehousing (Redshift).
Impact Youll Make:
- Perform day-to-day MySQL database administration (deployment monitoring backup/restore performance tuning) on AWS RDS.
- Design and implement high-availability architectures (master-slave replication failover) and sharding strategies for large-scale datasets.
- Optimize AWS RDS resource allocation (instance types storage IOPS) to balance performance and cost efficiency.
- Develop and enforce database security policies (access control encryption compliance with GDPR/HIPAA).
- Lead disaster recovery (DR) planning including RTO/RPO definitions and regular drills.
- Collaborate with developers to review SQL queries schema designs and resolve performance bottlenecks.
- Automate routine tasks (backups scaling) using AWS Lambda Terraform or scripting (Bash/Python).
Should you not have heard from us within 3 weeks from applying please regard your application as unsuccessful.
Please note it is a requirement of the Global Capability Centre Africa that you reside in a home that is fibre ready; and has space for you to be able to work comfortably and confidentially on a day-to-day basis for the purpose of your proposed employment. You can be based anywhere in South Africa that has fibre but will not be able to work in a location outside of South Africa.
A Minimum of a 100 Meg Fibre line is required should you be successful you will need to upgrade your line or install fibre in order to work effectively.
Please note that being a credit bureau some positions require a clear credit record.
This is a remote position which may require occasional in-person attendance at work-related events at the discretion of management.TransUnion Job Title
Assoc Developer Database Administration and StorageRequired Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
