FP Markets
financial services
DatabaseAdministrator(DBA)
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“Database Administrator (DBA) at FP Markets. Skills: Database Administration, AWS RDS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), Performance Tuning, Database Security, Automation. Administer production databases on AWS RDS — MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server. Design and maintain HA / DR architectures: replication, Multi-AZ, read replicas, failover, backups”
Industry & Context.
performance issues; data integrity events
Participate in on-call rotation, Visa and work permit support if required
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years as a DBA or database-focused engineer in production environments, hands-on experience with AWS RDS (and ideally Aurora), Deep expertise in at least two of: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Advanced SQL — query tuning, execution plans, stored procedures, window functions, Solid understanding of replication, backups, point-in-time recovery, and HA / DR patterns, Experience with database security — IAM, encryption (KMS), TLS, auditing, Schema design and migration experience in high-availability environments, Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation, Linux fundamentals and networking basics
Nice to Have
IaC for databases — Terraform, CloudFormation, Schema migration tooling — Flyway, Liquibase, Alembic, NoSQL exposure — DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, ElastiCache, Data warehousing — Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, Experience with CDC tooling — Debezium, AWS DMS, Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Percona Toolkit, pgBadger), Experience in regulated environments (fintech, financial services, SOC 2, ISO 27001, DORA), Certifications — AWS Database Specialty, Microsoft, Oracle, PostgreSQL
What You'll Do.
Administer production databases on AWS RDS — MySQL
Design and maintain HA / DR architectures: replication
Tune performance — query optimization
and cost optimization across the database fleet
Manage schema changes and migrations safely in production
Monitor database health with Prometheus / Grafana / tune alerting
Lead incident response for database outages
and data integrity events
Implement and enforce security controls — encryption
Partner with developers on data modeling
Automate routine work — backups
provisioning — using IaC
and recovery procedures
Participate in on-call rotation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with developers on data modeling, query reviews, and access patterns
Full Job Description
**FP Markets Group of Companies** is a well-established multi-regulated broker, founded in Australia, offering traders access to CFD trading on Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks and Cryptocurrencies. We are growing and looking to recruit a Full-time **Database Administrator (DBA)** in Cyprus office - a certified Great Place to Work®. We're looking for a Database Administrator to own the health, performance, and reliability of our database fleet on AWS. You'll work across MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL Server — running production workloads on RDS — and partner with engineering teams on schema design, query performance, and operational excellence. **What You'll Work With:** AWS RDS / Aurora · MySQL · PostgreSQL · MS SQL Server · Terraform · Prometheus · Grafana · Python **Reporting to:** Head of Security and Infrastructure **Responsibilities** : * Administer production databases on AWS RDS — MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server * Design and maintain HA / DR architectures: replication, Multi-AZ, read replicas, failover, backups * Tune performance — query optimization, indexing, execution plans, parameter groups * Capacity planning, sizing, and cost optimization across the database fleet * Manage schema changes and migrations safely in production * Monitor database health with Prometheus / Grafana / CloudWatch; tune alerting * Lead incident response for database outages, performance issues, and data integrity events * Implement and enforce security controls — encryption, access management, auditing, secrets rotation * Partner with developers on data modeling, query reviews, and access patterns * Automate routine work — backups, patching, provisioning — using IaC * Document standards, runbooks, and recovery procedures * Participate in on-call rotation **Candidate profile:** * 4+ years as a DBA or database-focused engineer in production environments * Strong hands-on experience with AWS RDS (and ideally Aurora) * Deep expertise in at least two of: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL S
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