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Database Administrator
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We are Kaizen Gaming
Kaizen Gaming, the team powering Betano, is one of the biggest GameTech companies in the world, operating in 20 markets. We always aim to leverage cutting-edge technology, providing the best experience to our millions of customers who trust us for their entertainment.
We are a diverse team of more than 2.700 Kaizeners, from 40+ nationalities spreading across 3 continents.
Our #oneteam is proud to be among the Best Workplaces in Europe and certified Great Place to Work across our offices. Here, there’ll be no average day for you. Ready to Press Play on Potential?
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We are looking for a Database Administrator to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing our MS SQL Server environments, with a strong focus on availability, security, and performance. You will play a key role in ensuring the continuous operation of our databases, particularly in complex, high-availability scenarios such as Availability Groups. In addition, you will apply your knowledge of alternative database engines, such as MongoDB and CockroachDB, along with your expertise in cloud-based database administration.
- Provide comprehensive day-to-day support, monitoring, troubleshooting, and administration for multiple MS SQL databases, with a particular focus on high-availability configurations like Availability Groups.
- Diagnose and resolve complex performance and availability issues, performing in-depth root cause analysis to prevent future occurrences.
- Oversee database maintenance processes, including performance tuning, index management, and job automation, ensuring optimal operation.
- Develop and enforce backup and recovery policies, ensuring database resilience and disaster recovery readiness.
- Apply security patches, conduct version upgrades, and enforce strict compliance with database security best practices.
- Handle support calls and resolve technical issues promptly, including responses to security incidents and operational challenges.
- Leverage expertise in alternative database engines like MongoDB and CockroachDB to contribute to cross-functional database projects.
- Manage and optimize cloud-based database environments, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability in cloud infrastructure.
What You'll Bring
- Solid, hands-on experience in MS SQL Server database administration in production environments.
- Extensive experience with MS SQL Server database features, including Jobs Scheduling, Monitoring, Patching, Backup/Recovery, Replication, Availability Groups, and Always On configurations.
- Good knowledge of memory tables and table partitioning
- Proven expertise in diagnosing and resolving performance bottlenecks and availability issues.
- Good understanding of alternative database engines like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and CockroachDB, with practical experience in administration and troubleshooting.
- Good knowledge of cloud database administration, with experience on platforms such as Azure.
- Practical experience with Git version control / GitLab.
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken, with excellent communication skills.
- Strong teamwork, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities, combined with a proactive approach to continuous learning.
Kaizen Gaming Perks
- 🕑 Hybrid way of working;
- 🏃 A buddy will support you with your onboarding;
- 💸 Competitive pay & bonus scheme;
- ⭐Developmental 360° feedback framework;
- 💰 Monthly meal allowance;
- 👩⚕️ Private health insurance for you and your family;
- 📚 Unlimited access to Udemy & continuous training;
- 👨👩👧👦 Family Support.
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We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation,or age.
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Database Administrator Team Lead
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We are Kaizen Gaming
Kaizen Gaming, the team powering Betano, is one of the biggest GameTech companies in the world, operating in 20 markets. We always aim to leverage cutting-edge technology, providing the best experience to our millions of customers who trust us for their entertainment.
We are a diverse team of more than 2.700 Kaizeners, from 40+ nationalities spreading across 3 continents.
Our #oneteam is proud to be among the Best Workplaces in Europe and certified Great Place to Work across our offices. Here, there’ll be no average day for you. Ready to Press Play on Potential?
Let's start with the role
This role combines hands-on technical expertise with team leadership and delivery ownership, focusing on optimizing, securing, and scaling distributed database environments for high availability, performance, and resilience.
Experience with RDBMS systems (MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL) will be considered a strong plus.
- Manage and maintain multiple MongoDB database environments using MongoDB Atlas / Ops Manager / Percona operator, and other distributed engines like cockroachDB ensuring high availability and performance.
- Design and implement redundancy, failover, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Configure, maintain, and optimize replica sets and sharded clusters.
- Monitor database performance and proactively identify tuning and optimization opportunities.
- Define and implement backup and recovery strategies aligned with data retention and business requirements.
- Optimize queries, indexing strategies, and data models for performance and scalability.
- Enforce security best practices, including access control, encryption, and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Diagnose and resolve production incidents, participate in on-call rotations, and support 24x7 operations when required.
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Develop and maintain documentation for best practices, operational procedures, migrations, and failover strategies.
- Use automation tools to streamline and standardize database operations.
- Lead a group of DBAs focusing on distributed databases, providing technical guidance, coaching, and support.
- Own and manage the team backlog, prioritizing operational work, improvements, and strategic initiatives.
- Coordinate workload distribution and ensure balanced on-call and operational responsibilities.
- Act as the primary point of contact for MongoDB / distributed databases related topics across engineering, SRE, and platform teams.
- Drive continuous improvement in monitoring, automation, reliability, and operational maturity.
- Support team growth through knowledge sharing, documentation, and skill development.
- Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and operational excellence.
What you will bring:
- 5+ years of experience working with large-scale distributed database systems, with strong focus on performance tuning and operations.
- Proven hands-on experience with MongoDB Atlas and Ops Manager / Percona operator.
- Strong experience with MongoDB high availability strategies, including replica sets and sharding.
- Solid operational understanding of NoSQL data modeling.
- Deep knowledge of database performance, scalability concepts, and tuning best practices.
- Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery design.
- Ability to write and maintain Unix/Linux shell scripts is a strong advantage.
- Experience with RDBMS platforms (MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL) is considered a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
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Highly self-motivated, able to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, high-demand environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable collaborating across teams and organizational boundaries.
As some of our MongoDB and CockroachDB platforms already run on Kubernetes (OpenShift), the role requires:
- Working-level familiarity with Linux environments.
- Basic hands-on exposure to Kubernetes/OpenShift concepts.
- Understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
- Ability to understand deployments, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate effectively with SRE / Platform teams.
- Experience operating databases in containerized environments.
Kaizen Gaming Perks
- 🏃 A buddy will support you with your onboarding;
- 🕑 Hybrid way of working;
- 💸 Competitive pay & bonus scheme;
- ⭐Developmental 360° feedback framework;
- 💰 Monthly meal allowance;
- 👩⚕️ Private health insurance for you and your family;
- 📚 Unlimited access to Udemy & continuous training;
- 👨👩👧👦 Family Support.
Recruitment Privacy Notice
Regarding the data you share with us, you may find and read our recruitment privacy notice here.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation,or age.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Kaizen Gaming