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Platform Engineer

1 month ago

Cape Town, South Africa Parvana Full time
Job title : Platform EngineerJob Location : Western Cape, Cape TownDeadline : December 18, 2024Quick Recommended Links
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What you will be doing:

  • Collaborate with developers and data engineers to design data models, select technologies, and enhance stability and observability with SRE & Cloud Engineering teams.
  • Design and implement high-availability database features, including replication and disaster recovery methodologies.
  • Develop optimised database schemas, SQL queries, and stored procedures that follow best practices for high performance and scalability.
  • Conduct compliance testing and ensure pre-production and production databases are tuned for peak performance and minimal downtime.
  • Resolve issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative techniques.
  • Test and deploy new database versions and patches to maintain optimal performance and security.
  • Contribute to team knowledge-sharing and upskilling sessions, promoting best practices and supporting continuous learning.
  • Integrate database management into CI/CD pipelines and oversee traditional DBA tasks like backups, maintenance, and disaster recovery while ensuring regulatory compliance.

What you need:

  • 5+ years of experience in operating highly transactional environments.
  • Open to working with various database technologies, both relational (e.g., MySQL with RDS, MS SQL Server) and NoSQL.
  • Proficient in AWS data services (EC2, RDS, S3) and skilled in database performance tuning, query optimisation, and execution plan analysis.
  • Knowledgeable in database encryption and compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
  • Experience with scripting languages (Python, Unix/Linux Shell) and managing databases on Unix platforms.
  • Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies, version control systems like Git, and systems change management.
  • Strong communication, problem-solving, and critical judgement skills; able to collaborate effectively with internal and external colleagues.
  • Customer-focused, able to understand and address the needs of development stakeholders.
  • Detail-oriented and systematic, with planning foresight; experience with database migration and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.

Technologies you will be exposed to:

  • AWS: RDS MySQL, RDS Microsoft SQL Server, RDS PostgreSQL, EC2/ECS/Lambda/Route 53, S3
  • RDBMS: MySQL, SingleStore, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Snowflake Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python
  • Monitoring: Zabbix, AWS CloudWatch, Percona monitoring and management
  • Security: MySQL ACL, Windows AD, Database Encryption (e.g., AWS KMS)
  • Source Control: AWS CodePipeline, TeamCity, GitLab, Octopus, RedGate Source Control
  • Operating Systems: Windows Server, Linux, Ubuntu
  • Collaboration: Atlassian Jira/Confluence

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