Database Administrator (DBA)

## About the role FP Markets Group of Companies is a well-established multi-regulated broker, founded in Australia, offering traders access to CFD trading on Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks and Cryptocurrencies. We are growing and looking to recruit a Full-time Database Administrator (DBA) in Cyprus office - a certified Great Place to Work®. We're looking for a Database Administrator to own the health, performance, and reliability of our database fleet on AWS. You'll work across MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL Server — running production workloads on RDS — and partner with engineering teams on schema design, query performance, and operational excellence. ## What You'll Work With - AWS RDS / Aurora - MySQL - PostgreSQL - MS SQL Server - Terraform - Prometheus - Grafana - Python - ClickHouse ## Reporting to Head of Security and Infrastructure ## Responsibilities - Administer production databases on AWS RDS — MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server - Design and maintain HA / DR architectures: replication, Multi-AZ, read replicas, failover, backups - Tune performance — query optimization, indexing, execution plans, parameter groups - Capacity planning, sizing, and cost optimization across the database fleet - Manage schema changes and migrations safely in production - Monitor database health with Prometheus / Grafana / CloudWatch; tune alerting - Lead incident response for database outages, performance issues, and data integrity events - Implement and enforce security controls — encryption, access management, auditing, secrets rotation - Partner with developers on data modeling, query reviews, and access patterns - Automate routine work — backups, patching, provisioning — using IaC - Document standards, runbooks, and recovery procedures - Participate in on-call rotation ## Candidate profile - 4+ years as a DBA or database-focused engineer in production environments - Strong hands-on experience with AWS RDS (and ideally Aurora) - Deep expertise in at least two of: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server - Advanced SQL — query tuning, execution plans, stored procedures, window functions - Solid understanding of replication, backups, point-in-time recovery, and HA / DR patterns - Experience with database security — IAM, encryption (KMS), TLS, auditing - Schema design and migration experience in high-availability environments - Experience with ClickHouse - Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation - Linux fundamentals and networking basics ## Nice to Have - IaC for databases — Terraform, CloudFormation - Schema migration tooling — Flyway, Liquibase, Alembic - NoSQL exposure — DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, ElastiCache - Data warehousing — Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery - Experience with CDC tooling — Debezium, AWS DMS - Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Percona Toolkit, pgBadger) - Experience in regulated environments (fintech, financial services, SOC 2, ISO 27001, DORA) - Certifications — AWS Database Specialty, Microsoft, Oracle, PostgreSQL ## Our offer - A certified Great Place to Work® reflecting our commitment to a positive culture, employee well-being, and support - Welcoming, young and multicultural team with approachable leadership - Ability to contribute to dynamic business at a growth phase - High level of autonomy, support of ideas and putting your expertise into the best practices for the company - Continuous personal development, training budget, growth with the company and opportunity to learn from industry leaders - Competitive remuneration, regular salary reviews and performance-based incentive schemes - Vibrant company life: from team activities to global celebrations - New beautiful office in an easily accessible location with company-provided fruits, breakfasts and lunches - Free access to multiple sports and wellness facilities across the country - Free company-provided parking - Medical insurance and pension fund after probation period - A gift and a day off on your Birthday - Visa and work permit support if required