Data Cloud Platform Engineer (DBA)

Intralot

$80K — $95K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • College Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in Database Administration for production systems.
  • Experience with AWS Databases like Amazon RDS, Aurora, and self-managed databases on EC2.
  • Proficient in database engines such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server.
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools like CloudWatch and performance analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Support and maintain production databases on AWS platforms.
  • Monitor health, performance, and capacity of database systems.
  • Diagnose and resolve database performance issues.
  • Enforce database security best practices and manage backups.
  • Automate DBA tasks and improve provisioning using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Plan and execute database upgrades and patches with minimal disruption.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for operational improvements.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge database technologies in AWS.
  • Collaborative environment with focus on automation and operational excellence.
  • Continuous learning and development opportunities in database and cloud technologies.
  • Participation in improving existing database architectures for scalability and performance.
  • Supportive culture that promotes clear communication and teamwork.
Full Job Description
Join INTRALOT as a Data Cloud Platform Engineer (DBA) - AWS Infrastructure

Your Role:

As a Data Cloud Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operation, stability, and continuous improvement of existing database platforms running on AWS. You will ensure databases remain secure, highly available, performant, and recoverable, supporting production workloads and business-critical applications.

This role focuses on operational excellence, troubleshooting, automation, and incremental optimization, working closely with DevOps, Platform, and application teams.

Operate & Support Existing AWS Databases
  • Support and maintain production databases running on Amazon RDS, Aurora, and self-managed databases on EC2.
  • Ensure database availability, integrity, and performance across multiple environments.
  • Respond to database-related incidents, alerts, and service degradations.

Monitor, Troubleshoot & Optimize Performance
  • Monitor database health, performance, capacity, and replication using CloudWatch, Performance Insights, and native database tools.
  • Diagnose and resolve performance issues such as slow queries, locking, resource contention, and replication lag.
  • Perform capacity planning and proactive tuning.

Security, Backup & Data Protection
  • Enforce database security best practices (access controls, encryption at rest/in transit, credential management).
  • Manage and validate backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures.
  • Support compliance, audit, and data protection requirements.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code (Incremental)
  • Maintain and improve database provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code where applicable (Terraform, CloudFormation).
  • Automate routine DBA tasks such as backups, patching coordination, health checks, and reporting.
  • Reduce manual operations while ensuring operational safety.

Change Management & Upgrades
  • Plan and execute database upgrades, patching, and configuration changes with minimal service disruption.
  • Coordinate changes with application, DevOps, and platform teams.
  • Participate in release planning and change control processes.

Documentation & Operational Hygiene
  • Maintain accurate database documentation, schemas, runbooks, and recovery procedures.
  • Ensure operational standards and best practices are documented and followed.
  • Perform housekeeping activities to keep environments clean and supportable.

Collaborate Across Teams
  • Work closely with application developers to support schema changes, query optimization, and release readiness.
  • Partner with DevOps and Platform teams on availability, automation, and monitoring improvements.
  • Provide database expertise during incidents and post-incident reviews.


What You'll Bring

Education & Experience
  • A College Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in Database Administration supporting production systems.

Technical Skills (AWS-Focused)
  • AWS Databases: Amazon RDS, Aurora (MySQL/PostgreSQL), self-managed DBs on EC2.
  • Database Engines: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server (one or more).
  • Monitoring & Performance: CloudWatch, Performance Insights, query analysis tools.
  • Backup & Recovery: Automated backups, snapshots, point-in-time recovery, DR testing.
  • Security: IAM integration, encryption, secrets management.
  • Automation & IaC: Terraform / CloudFormation exposure preferred.

Mindset & Working Style
  • Operations-driven with strong troubleshooting skills.
  • Detail-oriented and reliability-focused.
  • Comfortable supporting existing/legacy database environments.
  • Automation-minded and improvement-oriented.
  • Clear communicator with a documentation-first mindset.
  • Fluent in English and French (Fluent/optionally), able to coordinate across teams delivering thrilling player experiences.


Nice to Have
  • Experience with high-availability and multi-AZ architectures.
  • Exposure to database replication and migration strategies.
  • Familiarity with SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs, incident management).
  • AWS certifications (e.g., Database Specialty, Solutions Architect).


Apply now and help us build the future of talent at INTRALOT.

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