Cloud Database Engineer

Sofia - Bulgaria

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Akkodis:

Akkodis is a global digital engineering consulting company that enables companies to advance in their digital transformation. Our 50000 tech experts across 30 countries combine best-in-class technologies and cross industry knowledge to drive purposeful innovation for a more sustainable tomorrow.

We have over 20 years of experience in Bulgaria delivering cutting-edge solutions in the IT Software Cloud and Digital fields. Now we are looking for a Cloud Database Engineer to join our team!

Position Highlights

he Cloud Database Engineer will be responsible for supporting maintaining and optimizing customer database deployments across multi-tenant cloud platforms. The engineer will work across Linux-based database systemsprimarily MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB and CockroachDBdelivered through both Kubernetes and IaaS architectures. This role forms part of the Cloud Team delivering Managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS).

Main responsibilities:

Database Platform Management
Support maintain and optimise Linux-based database systems (MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB CockroachDB).
Perform deployments upgrades patching and configuration management across customer environments.
Troubleshoot and resolve database performance issues including query optimisation index tuning connection issues and replication problems.
Assist in developing automation for database provisioning and maintenance.
Cloud Engineering & Deployment
Deploy and manage database workloads on Kubernetes (Operators StatefulSets Helm Operators CRDs).
Deploy and support databases on IaaS environments (compute storage networking).
Work with AWS or Azure cloud services for DB deployments storage design IAM networking and HA/resilience architecture.
Ensure best-practice cloud resource utilisation cost optimisation and scalable deployments.
DBaaS Operations
Support the operation of a Managed Database-as-a-Service platform.
Monitor databases using modern APM and observability tools (Prometheus/Grafana Datadog New Relic ELK etc.).
Implement alerting capacity management and proactive performance monitoring.
Work closely with the DBA team for escalations tuning activities and advanced troubleshooting.

Main requirements:

Strong Linux systems administration (CentOS RHEL Ubuntu) - at least 4 years of professional experience
Hands-on experience with MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB and/or CockroachDB.
Strong understanding of database replication clustering sharding backup/restore and HA patterns.
Kubernetes experience (Operators Helm StatefulSets persistent storage design).
IaaS experience deploying databases on AWS or Azure.
Knowledge of CI/CD Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform Ansible GitOps).
Cloud IaaS (AWS/Azure database deployments)
DevOps & IaC (CI/CD Terraform Ansible GitOps)
Performance & Troubleshooting (DB networking storage)
Monitoring & Observability Tools
Messaging/Streaming Systems (Kafka RabbitMQ NiFi)
Strong troubleshooting skills for database performance networking and storage issues.
Familiarity with messaging and streaming systems (RabbitMQ Kafka NiFi).
Experience with monitoring/observability platforms
Degree in Computer Science Information Technology or equivalent experience.

What we offer:

Competitive remuneration package
Referral bonus program
24 days annual paid leave
Additional health insurance (outpatient & hospital medical care dental care coverage of dioptric glasses and more)
Free Psychological Counselling via Green Line and on the spot
Newborn or newly adopted child bonus
Food vouchers - 76.70 EUR/month
Upskilling & reskilling training programs and e-learning hub
Recognition awards
Sports cards (partially covered by the employer) and company sports initiatives
Special company discounts
Various social and charity initiatives

United by our passion for talent and technology we look at the world differently.
The future wont wait its time to make incredible happen. Are you ready

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About Akkodis:Akkodis is a global digital engineering consulting company that enables companies to advance in their digital transformation. Our 50000 tech experts across 30 countries combine best-in-class technologies and cross industry knowledge to drive purposeful innovation for a more sustainable...