Database Administrator, Infrastructure

1 month, 2 weeks ago
Full-time
Senior
Database Administration
Mark43

Mark43

Mark43 redefines public safety software with an integrated Records Management System and a cloud-based Computer Aided Dispatch System, empowering first responders with reliable information and setting industry standards for customer support.

Professional Services
251-1K
Founded 2012
$179M raised

Description

  • Own and improve the reliability, performance, security, and scalability of production database systems.
  • Lead monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery for databases.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex database performance and availability issues.
  • Partner with engineering teams on schema design, indexing, query optimization, and safe database change management.
  • Lead technical planning for database migrations, upgrades, scaling strategies, and operational improvements.
  • Improve infrastructure-as-code, automation, observability, and repeatability across database operations.
  • Define and maintain database runbooks, operational standards, and production readiness criteria.
  • Participate in database incident response, post-incident reviews, and remediation planning.
  • Collaborate with security, compliance, and delivery teams to meet customer, regulatory, and vetting requirements.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, DBAs, and operational teams.

Requirements

  • Significant professional experience administering MySQL or similar relational databases in production environments.
  • Deep experience operating cloud-hosted database platforms, preferably AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database services.
  • Strong expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, replication, backup, recovery, and high availability.
  • Experience designing and operating database infrastructure for complex cloud-based software applications.
  • Experience with infrastructure as code, automation, observability, and production operations.
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, access controls, and operational risk.
  • Ability to influence engineering teams and guide database design decisions across services.
  • Strong incident management skills and sound judgment during high-pressure production events.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Eligibility and willingness to complete UK police vetting requirements, including NPPV3 and, where applicable, SC clearance.
  • Preferred: Experience supporting AWS RDS, Aurora, or Azure database platforms at scale.
  • Preferred: Experience with microservices-based architectures and distributed systems.
  • Preferred: Experience supporting SaaS platforms, public sector customers, law enforcement customers, or regulated environments.
  • Preferred: Experience with compliance-sensitive environments, security reviews, customer audits, or government delivery programs.
  • Preferred: Experience leading database migrations, major version upgrades, disaster recovery planning, or reliability programs.
  • Preferred: Experience defining SLOs, SLAs, operational metrics, and production readiness standards.

Benefits

  • Market-competitive total compensation.
  • Bonus opportunity.
  • Equity.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • Remote role eligibility in approved locations, including the UK and select U.S. states.
  • Reasonable accommodations for candidates and employees with disabilities.

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