MySQL Database Administrator - Stellenbosch, South Africa - Entersekt

Entersekt

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Stellenbosch, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Why Entersekt

Founded over 11 years ago, with more recent investments from Accel-KKR, Entersekt is a leader in mobile authentication, mobile app security, and payments enablement technology, offering highly scalable products with a track record of success across multiple continents.

Entersekt enables secure digital transactions for leading financial institutions globally. We exist to create a world where everyone can transact digitally without fear or compromise.

Currently, we protect the digital transactions of over 67 million active users on our platform and hold over 60 registered patents that recognize innovation in digital security, payments, and user experience.

Entersekt offers their customers secure authentication and digital payments experiences that removes unnecessary friction.

Entersekt has invested in, and created, a diverse product portfolio that positions the company well to execute on its expansion in North America and European markets.

The Role

As a MySQL Database Administrator (DBA) at Entersekt, you will be part of a company that provides 24x7 support for mission-critical database systems for Financial Authentication solutions in the market.

You will be responsible for performing daily database administration, database design and troubleshooting, replication and performance tuning tasks for multiple MySQL clusters in production and development.

Responsibilities

Database Management:

Design, implement, and maintain MySQL database Clusters.
Ensure the availability and performance of databases.
Perform regular database capacity planning and ensure proper storage management.
Replication between Databases for high availability

Database Security:

Implement and maintain database security measures to protect sensitive data.
Manage user access and permissions.

Backup And Recovery:

Develop and implement backup/recovery strategies.
Regularly test and verify backups to ensure data integrity.
Plan and execute database recovery procedures in case of failures.

Performance Tuning:

Monitor and optimize database performance.
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
Collaborate with team to improve query performance.

Database Upgrades And Patching:

Plan and execute database upgrades.

Troubleshooting:

Diagnose and resolve databaserelated issues.
Provide support to development teams in debugging databaserelated problems.

Skills and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Proven experience as a MySQL Database Administrator (DBA) in a production environment.
Deep understanding of MySQL database architecture, administration, and performance tuning.
Handson experience with Galera cluster, MySQL or MariaDB.
Data migration, backup, restore & recovery, resolving performance issues, blocking and deadlocks.
Experience in Implement and Monitor MySQL Cluster to provide High Availability for mission critical events, database mirroring, replication and log shipping.
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Perl for automation tasks.
Experience with database security, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
Familiarity with version control systems such as Git for managing database configurations and scripts.
Exposure to the following would be advantageous:
Experience with FinTech or financial services industry.
Familiarity with other cloud database technologies such as Aurora DB and Global Databases.

Personality Attributes

Excellent problemsolving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex database issues.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a crossfunctional team environment.
Flexible, team player, "getitdone" personality.
Take ownership of and proactively seek to improve on existing systems.
Adaptability and selfmotivation to excel in a mobile/remotefirst team or company, demonstrating the capability to thrive in a distributed work environment while maintaining high productivity and communication standards.

We place a lot of value on how we treat prospective employees and appreciate the time and effort that goes into job hunting.

That is why we aim to keep the hiring process as quick and seamless as possible while ensuring the best possible fit for both you and the company.

Working at Entersekt is truly a dream.

You get exposed to cutting-edge technology, colleagues who are leaders in their fields, and an awesome working environment that includes flexible hours, remote work, and plenty of growth opportunities.