Senior Database Administrator
Company Description
About Playtech
Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B business. By leveraging its proprietary technology, Playtech delivers innovative products and services to ensure a safe, engaging and entertaining gaming experience.
As the gaming industry's leading technology company, it combines business intelligence-driven software, services, content, and platform technology to drive excellence and innovation across the sector. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtechpeople.com and www.playtech.com
Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Embracing differences and maintaining transparency in our processes is the core of Playtech's overall commitment to responsible business practices.
Ready to level up your career?
Playtech‘s Infrastructure unit is looking for a Senior Database Administrator with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Job Description
Your influential mission. You will...
- Work with the company’s global database platform daily operations - from initial setup to tools development
- Work with high-volume databases in a complex environment with many moving parts
- Plan and execute all aspects of database administration to achieve maximum stability and availability
- Install and upgrade databases and high-availability solutions for databases
- Develop automation, monitoring and other tooling
- Participate in an on‑call rotation to support database‑related production incidents
Qualifications
Components for success. You...
- Have expert-level knowledge in PostgreSQL and Maria DB database administration.
- Bring knowledge and know-how of the IT field in general - specifically about network and operating systems (Linux/Unix)
- Are a true team player and open to new ways of doing things
- Bring novel thinking and fresh ideas
- Are challenged by problems - the more complex, the more interesting
- Are proactive - when you see something that's broken, it's only natural for you to get it fixed and find out the root causes
- Strive to continuously expand your knowledge and have strong learning capabilities to support this
- Strong scripting ability (Python, Bash, or similar) to support tooling and automation workflows.
You'll get extra points for...
- Hands‑on experience with AWS database services
- Experience running databases on Kubernetes using MariaDB or PostgreSQL operators
Thrive in a culture that values...
- Empowerment, support and mentoring. Initiative-taking, positive and confident approach at the workplace.
- Global scope and inclusive working environment.
- Constant learning and development opportunities.
- Active lifestyle and mental well-being.
Additional Information
INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM
Our global infrastructure spans 18 countries and 38 data centers, supporting a large and diverse database estate that includes 888 MariaDB, and 220 PostgreSQL databases. Impressive? We think so too.
Using cutting-edge technologies, we provide central IT infrastructure service to business and internal customers all over the world.
Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.