You will join a small team of experts managing the PostgreSQL and MySQL databases supporting the LHC experiments, accelerator operations and organisation-wide services. You will help build and automate a modern, highly available database platform, with training and mentoring to grow your skills.

Your responsibilities

• Operate and improve production PostgreSQL (and MySQL) databases: troubleshooting, upgrades, migrations, patching and scaling.
• Help design, deploy and run highly available database setups with automated failover.
• Automate provisioning, configuration and routine operations using scripting and infrastructure tools.
• Monitor databases for performance, stability, availability and security.
• Contribute to backup, disaster recovery and service continuity strategies.
• Support application developers in diagnosing database and query issues.
• Document procedures and share knowledge within the team.