Database Administrator

Our client is one of the fastest growing travel technologies companies with offices both in Europe and North America. For over a decade, they have been building and implementing award-winning software solutions for the airline, train, and sea travel industries. It is a unique opportunity to join the team that values drive, intellectual honesty, personal integrity and commitment to excellence in getting the job done.

In our collaboration model, you will work and communicate directly with the development team on the client side while surrounded by our friendly batch of Beetroots here in Ukraine.

Responsibilities

• Designing schema, access patterns, locking strategy, SQL development

• Modifying the database structure

• Optimizing applications and end-user queries (reactive tuning)

• Archiving data

• Generating ad hoc reports by querying from the database

• Proactive performance tuning

• Enrolling users and maintaining system security

• Controlling user access to the database

• Parameter configuration

• Cache management

• Job scheduling

• Designing the project's data warehousing

• Supporting our developers during application development with database related queries and questions

• Occasionally hosting database education sessions for developers

   

What we're looking for

• 3+ years of relevant DBA experience (MySQL, Postgres, MariaDB)

• 2+ years working with cloud-based services

• Experience in implementing, configuring monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, ELK, Graylog

• Continuous Delivery supporter

• Superior communication skills

• Proficient level of English

Bonus

• Experience within the travel industry

• Passion about working with automation

• Experience working with dataware housing

• You love borsch!

Who are you?

There is such a thing as being a true Beetroot.

We value people who are hungry for improvement. Meaning, you always try to be the most caring, professional and progressive version of yourself. Your skills and experience are important factors, but your personality, approach and improvement drive are what will make the difference. We hope you're a «team person», that you take responsibility for your work, pragmatically solve problems, and that you're a highly motivated individual overall. You're self-going, well organized, efficient and with a very good sense of priorities.

Now that we've covered the basics, let's talk some more about us!

About Beetroot

We're a Swedish-Ukranian IT company, building dream teams of developers and designers for companies around the globe. Being an emerging company, co-producing with other emerging companies, we work with start-up seedlings, through to huge oak trees. In essence, we're the cannonball for our client's success. With over 200 team members, Beetroot is a family-we're a tightly knit bunch who love spending time together. We want to provide a homely working environment that's packed full of trust, equality and steaming bowls of borsch!

Oh, and we give great perks. Which means...

• Work with our minimum hierarchy, family-feel team in a cozy, well-equipped office

• Great networking opportunities with international clients

• Personal development and professional growth opportunities

• Competitive salary, paid vacation, medical top-up and social benefits

• Team building activities like Beetroot breakfasts & movie nights... and more!

• English lessons with native speakers

• Discounted Beetroot Academy courses for employees and their family members

• Yearly allowance to participate in competence-enhancing events

What are you waiting for? Shoot us over your CV in English