# DataBase Administrator at Plata Card

DataBase Administrator at Plata Card in Worldwide. Remote. Posted September 17, 2025.

- Company: Plata Card
- Location: Worldwide
- Workplace: Remote
- Experience: 3+ years
- Posted: 2025-09-17
- Apply: https://plata.careers/vacancy/details?id=4924425008&gh_jid=4924425008
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/database-administrator-plata-card-pgwz4c

## Description

**Cloud Services Team:**

We are looking for a skilled Database Administrator with proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing large-scale, high-performance database systems. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of mission-critical databases across multiple technologies and environments.

**Challenges that await you:
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- Architect and optimize database infrastructures to support large-scale, high-traffic workloads.

- Administer and maintain clusters across **PostgreSQL**

- Design and operate backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring business continuity.

- Automate operational processes, including scaling, monitoring, and maintenance, using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform,OpenTofu, CloudFormation), Ansible, Gitlab CI

- Optimize performance at every layer: schema design, query execution, indexing, caching, and storage.

- Configure and manage replication and sharding strategies for high availability, fault tolerance, and geo-distribution.

- Ensure compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and enforce database security best practices.

**What makes you a great fit:
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- 3+ years of hands-on experience as a DBA in production-grade, distributed environments.

- Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL

- Proven expertise in managing databases across major cloud platforms (**Amazon Web Services**, **Google Cloud Platform**, **Azure,Yandex Cloud**) 

- Advanced expertise in SQL query tuning, schema optimization, and indexing strategies.

- Strong experience with replication, partitioning, and clustering in high-availability systems.

- Proficiency in backup, restore, and failover mechanisms in multi-AZ and multi-region setups.

- Skills in automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Go).

- Familiarity with Kubernetes-based deployments(example operator Zalando for PG,Strimzi Kafka) and modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch).

- B1 or higher English level for effective communication with an international team

**Your bonus skills:
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- Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation).

**Our ways of working:
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- **Innovative Spirit:** A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions

- **Honest Feedback:** valuing open, transparent communication

- **Supportive Team:** a strong, collaborative community

- **Celebrating Achievements:** recognizing our wins together

- **High-Tech Environment**: a team full of smart and revolutionary people who date to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances

**Our benefits:**

- **Relocation support **to Mexico, Serbia, Cyprus, Spain, Kazakhstan, Georgia with full visa & permit support to the employee and family

- **Flexible work **from one of our offices or remote

- **HealthcareCoverage**

- **Education Budget:** Language lessons, professional training and certifications

- **Wellness Budget:** Mental health and fitness activity reimbursements

- **Vacation policy:** 20 days of annual leave and paid sick leave