Senior Database Administrator Remote from United Arab Emirates)

5+ years of hands-on experience operating MariaDB or MySQL in high-volume production environments Strong understanding of high-availability architectures, replication, and distributed database behavior Experience with database proxies or load-balancing technologies (HAProxy, ProxySQL, or similar) Practical experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and infrastructure-as-code workflows (ideally using Terraform) Solid Linux, cloud infrastructure, and networking fundamentals Experience building container images and operating workloads on Kubernetes at scale Strong security mindset around access control, upgrades, and operational safety Proven expertise in monitoring, alerting, and incident readiness Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Scale, tune, and operate high-throughput MariaDB environments Design and improve high-availability, backup, and disaster-recovery strategies Reduce manual operational work through automation Enhance observability with meaningful metrics and alerts Strengthen database security Contribute to platform initiatives (containerized environments, IaC) Partner with engineering teams to improve performance and operational readiness Participate in on-call rotations