Senior Database Administrator

Exiger is seeking a motivated, self-driven Senior Database Administrator who designs, builds and optimizes database, works within a continuous integration and delivery pipeline, and embraces test automation as a discipline. You will manage core transactional databases and cloud data platforms, ensuring they are secure, performant, resilient, and aligned with our data strategy. You'll work closely with engineering, data, and security teams to support new product features, data initiatives, and ongoing operational excellence.

What You'll Do :

• Own the day-to-day administration of relational and (where applicable) NoSQL databases (e.g. SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, [insert relevant tech stack]).
• Configure, monitor, and tune databases to optimise performance, reliability, and cost.
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies, including regular testing and documentation.
• Manage database patching, upgrades, and schema changes in line with change-management processes.
• Support and optimize data warehousing and cloud data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Azure Synapse or equivalent) in partnership with Data Engineering.
• Monitor and optimize cloud database spend and resource utilization.
• Collaborate with software and data engineering teams to design robust data models, database schemas, and indexing strategies.
• Support ETL / ELT pipelines and integration jobs, ensuring reliability and data quality across environments.
• Develop and maintain scripts (e.g. SQL, Python, PowerShell, Bash) to automate routine DBA tasks and health checks.
• Contribute to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for database provisioning and configuration (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, etc.).
• Partner with product, engineering, and data teams to support project delivery and troubleshoot complex data issues.
• Share knowledge and coach engineers on best practice for database usage and query optimization.
• Expertise inAWS data services- particularlyS3, Glue, IAM, Lambda, SQS, SNS, andSecrets Manager.

What You Need :

We're an amazing place to work. Why?

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This is a full-time hybrid opportunity.

Exiger is revolutionizing the way corporations, government agencies and banks manage risk and compliance with a combination of technology-enabled and SaaS solutions. In recognition of the growing volume and complexity of data and regulation, Exiger is committed to creating a more sustainable risk and compliance environment through its holistic and innovative approach to problem solving. Exiger's mission to make the world a safer place to do business drives its award-winning AI technology platform, DDIQ, built to anticipate the market's most pressing needs related to evolving ESG, cyber, financial crime, third-party and supply chain risk. Exiger has won 30+ AI, RegTech and Supply Chain partner awards.

Exiger's core values are courage, excellence, expertise, innovation, integrity, teamwork and trust.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Exiger's hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs.