MySQL Database Administrator

OverviewApplication Deadline:

26 September 2025

Department:

Engineering

Employment Type:

Full Time

Location:

London

Compensation:

£78,000 - £84,000 / year

DescriptionReward Gateway | Edenred is a leading global digital platform for employee services and payments, connecting 52 million users and 2 million partner merchants across 45 countries through nearly 1 million corporate clients.

Due to expansion, an opportunity has become available for a MySQL Database Administrator to join our team to help us transform our existing operational workloads to an SRE approach.

Responsibilities

Day-to-day management and optimisation of our MySQL databases within a Galera cluster and AWS environments.

Managing and optimising query workloads to ensure performance.

Collaborating closely with our DevOps and SRE teams to ensure database performance and reliability.

Implementing best practices for database management, including backup, recovery, and high availability.

Establishing and maintaining observability standards for database performance metrics, including SLI/SLO/Error Budgets.

Continuously evolving our database monitoring and observability tools for comprehensive coverage.

Driving database technology change to support regional deployments.

Utilising a code-first approach for database changes to minimise manual intervention.

Advocating for a strong focus on database availability, reliability, and uptime.

Liaising with Engineering teams to evolve database metrics and performance indicators.

Working towards planned Roadmap goals.

Actively participating in daily stand-ups and ensuring alignment with project sprints.

Maintaining up-to-date documentation in our JIRA and Confluence tools.

Participating in incident management processes.

Acting as a key point of contact during database-related incidents and outages.

Ensuring cost efficiency in database operations and resource utilisation.

Fostering collaboration across teams to enhance database solutions and practices.

Communicating effectively with stakeholders regarding database needs.

Qualifications

Experience with AWS, particularly with RDS and Galera clusters, or other cloud providers.

Strong background in managing databases in high availability (HA) environments.

Proficiency in automation tools such as Terraform, Python, Bash, or similar for database management tasks.

Deep understanding of database management practices and principles, with a focus on MySQL.

Understanding of DB sharding technologies in regional deployments.

Familiarity with SQL, PHP, and CI/CD processes related to database deployments.

Experience with observability tools specific to database performance (e.g., New Relic, Datadog).

Knowledge of managing database infrastructures using SLI/SLO and Error Budgets.

Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.

Capacity to perform under pressure and maintain high reliability.

Adaptability and flexibility to changes in a fast-paced environment.

Quick learner with the ability to grasp new tools and processes and share that knowledge with the team.

Interview Process

Screening video interview with the Senior Talent Partner

Interview with the Head of Development and the Director of Infrastructure

Final interview with the Director of Infrastructure and Head of Infrastructure

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