Job Title: Cloud Database Administrator

Location: El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Overview

Position within the Business Cloud Services team focused on designing, operating, and evolving cloud database infrastructures for highly secure financial solutions used by central banks and payment providers worldwide.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain scalable database architectures according to the product and project backlog, with a strong focus on cloud-based SQL and NoSQL solutions.

Take full ownership of database performance, availability, and security, including backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.

Design and optimize database schemas, indexing strategies, stored procedures, and queries to ensure high performance and reliability.

Manage database servers and instances, particularly in test, support, and cloud environments.

Conduct database code reviews and performance assessments for solutions developed by other team members.

Operate and optimize database clusters in private and public cloud environments.

Collaborate closely with development, DevOps, and support teams to resolve incidents and continuously improve database reliability.

Ensure alignment with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) processes, working closely with the Scrum Master or Agile Coach.

Support the evolution of the central cloud platform operated on SysEleven by secunet.





Contribute to best practices in database architecture, cloud operations, and security compliance.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Database Management, Information Systems, or a related field.

5+ years of relevant professional experience in database architecture and administration.

Strong knowledge and hands‑on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.

Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and/or document‑oriented databases such as MongoDB.

Solid experience with database performance optimization, query tuning, and indexing strategies.

Knowledge of cloud database platforms and open‑source database and clustering technologies (e.g., Apache Cassandra, Kubernetes) is a plus.

Experience with database security, encryption, and compliance standards (PCI DSS, SOC2) is a must.

Familiarity with Git, database version control, monitoring tools, and DevOps environments.

Basic knowledge of application development languages is preferred.

Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills.

Very good communication skills in English; Spanish a plus.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and promote diversity in all its forms. All employees are welcomed regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

📌 Cloud Database Administrator at Giesecke+Devrient (Madrid)
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