Database Administrator (DBA)

Description Who are we? Friend MTS is the Emmy award winning leading global provider of content protection solutions to the media and entertainment industry. Specialising in video security, we provide integrated technology products and security services to a global client base. That client base includes many of the world's largest pay-TV broadcasters and OTT platforms, as well as content owners ranging from television and movie producers to the world's most prestigious sports leagues and event operators. In a sentence . . . We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Database Administrator to join our DevOps team offering the opportunity to work on a large-scale cloud-hosted application in use by many major global media companies from satellite / cable broadcasters to sports rights owners and movie studios. What will your job look like? This role reports to the DevOps Team Leader, and will be based in our Birmingham office. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining the company's cloud-based database services while making continued service improvements as part of a rapidly growing technical organisation. Key daily tasks will involve * Serving as a DBA in all facets of database design, implementation, deployment, administration and maintenance. * Supporting the production, staging and development environments. * Designing and implementing databases using industry standard methodologies and best practices. * Managing disruption free migrations and system shutdowns. * Backup, restore and recovery operations. * Planning and performing upgrades. * Documenting services and creating SOPs. * Performing database security operations. * Monitoring database services, resolving issues and identifying and initiating quality improvement measures. * Performance tuning and query optimisation. Requirements What you need * BEng / MEng / BSc / MSc in relevant subject or equivalent experience. * Extensive technical experience in MySQL database administration and management. * Solid understanding of replication and clustering techniques and technologies. * Experience managing databases and focussing on maintaining performance, integrity, replication, upgrades, migration and security. * Extensive query / performance optimisation experience. * Experience in database environment life cycle management and support of production, staging and development environments. * Strong Linux experience with shell scripting skills. * Experience with AWS database services including RDS and Aurora. Key technologies, skills and tools * MySQL 5.x (ideally Percona Tools) * Amazon RDS - Aurora and MySQL * Ubuntu Linux / RedHat / SuSE / VirtualBox Desirable experience * HashiCorp Terraform / Vault * Ability to implement data warehousing ETL solutions * Experience with NoSQL cloud-based database solutions, particularly in AWS. Benefits Why work with us? * You will work with a fast-growing dynamic team, working closely with great technical colleagues. * You will work at the cutting edge of a high growth industry with an opportunity to shape the technical vision of a large cloud-based platform. * You will have the opportunity to work on solutions for some of the biggest and most well known sports and entertainment brands in the world. * Very competitive salaries amongst other fantastic benefits. If you are keen to work with the leading global provider of channel, content and platform protection services - get in touch today!