Platform Database Engineer - Infrastructure

About the role

Betsson Group's Product Development organization, with teams across six tech hubs in Malta, Budapest, Stockholm, Tallinn, Kyiv and Athens, is looking for a Database Engineer to join its Database Administration team. The team builds and manages database hosting capabilities using Infrastructure as Code, covering on-premise servers, cloud servers and DBaaS, and works closely with developers to build database infrastructure platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Build and manage database hosting capabilities using Infrastructure as Code, from on-premises to cloud and DBaaS
• Work with developers to build database infrastructure platforms and provide guidance and tooling for distributed systems
• Continuously improve, tune and optimise database platforms according to business needs
• Analyse, diagnose and solve performance, efficiency and scale issues in collaboration with other teams
• Design and manage database schemas, optimise performance and secure data through authentication, access control and encryption
• Support backup, recovery and high availability strategies, including failover and replication configurations
• Monitor and fine-tune database performance, apply patches and updates, and automate routine tasks through scripting
• Contribute to capacity planning and disaster recovery planning

Required profile

• Strong knowledge and experience in database administration, cloud services and automation
• Proven experience building scalable, distributed database infrastructure
• Excellent problem-solving skills and adaptability to fast-paced environments
• Knowledge of ITIL and DevOps best practices

Required skills

• AWS database services (SQL and NoSQL, DBaaS and EC2), with deep knowledge of Aurora, DynamoDB and RDS
• PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server administration, optimization and high availability
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, and configuration management with Ansible or Terraform
• Linux administration, scripting in Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar
• Version control, Prometheus and Grafana monitoring

What we offer

• Monthly lunch allowance
• Private and life insurance for you and your family
• Team building budget and annual wellness allowance
• Corporate travel insurance
• Local quarterly meetings and global events
• Professional development programs and internal career opportunities