Description
We are seeking a skilled Lead Cloud Database Engineer to join the LCH SA Infrastructure & Cloud Team, which provides technical resources to Post Trade Business Services (a division of LSEG).
As a Lead Cloud DBA, you will play a vital role in designing, deploying, and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available database systems. You will serve as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for all database-related subjects, manage a growing team of database engineers, and collaborate with development teams, operations, and partners to ensure efficient performance and availability of our critical environments.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Manage a growing team in charge of database management
- Implement and manage cloud-based database systems, ensuring secure and efficient access control
- Develop, manage, and optimize database policies and procedures to ensure compliance with ANSSI standards and other security standards
- Serve as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for all database-related subjects, coordinating with various teams to address security concerns
- Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to identify and address potential weaknesses in database systems
- Design, implement, and regularly validate Disaster Recovery (DR), backup, and recovery strategies for database platforms
- Manage database lifecycle operations, including patching, upgrades, replication, and migration activities
- Develop and maintain incident response plans to quickly address and mitigate security breaches related to databases
- Work closely with IT and security teams to align database operations with organizational goals
- Ensure compliance with cybersecurity regulations and best practices
- Provide mentorship to team members on database best practices and security measures
- Maintain database services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health
- Lead sustainable and efficient incident response for database-related issues
- Scale database systems sustainably through automation
- Write highly optimized and accurate code for database solutions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- At least 8 years of experience in managing and maintaining database infrastructure in regulated and/or highly available environments
- Expertise in Oracle Enterprise, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases
- Proven experience with database migration projects, including planning, execution, and troubleshooting
- Advanced experience in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google) for at least 3 years
- Expertise in scripting languages (Python, Bash) and automation/configuration management tools (Ansible) for at least 3 years
- Experience with VMware technology is advantageous
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is advantageous
- Experience operating in a regulated environment with specific security constraints (at least 2 years)
- Experience in systems monitoring and capacity management (at least 5 years)