Where is the Senior Database Administrator role at Xsolla located?

The Senior Database Administrator position at Xsolla is based in Russia. This is an on-site position.

What type of employment is the Senior Database Administrator role at Xsolla?

The Senior Database Administrator position at Xsolla is a Full time role.

What experience is required for the Senior Database Administrator role at Xsolla?

The Senior Database Administrator position at Xsolla requires 5+ yrs exp.

What skills are required for the Senior Database Administrator role at Xsolla?

Key skills for the Senior Database Administrator position at Xsolla include: mysql, sql, aws, google cloud, terraform, python.

Senior Database Administrator — Xsolla

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ABOUT US

Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA, companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games, Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together, and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500+ game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game.

For more information, visit xsolla.com.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing RDBMS and NoSQL solutions, optimizing performance, implementing replication and high availability, and providing support to development teams.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Technology, or a related field of study

Expert-level experience with at least one of MySQL, PostgreSQL

Familiarity with other RDBMS or NoSQL solutions

Strong knowledge of SQL (DDL, DML, DCL)

Experience with AWS or GCP cloud platforms

Proficiency in Linux

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

English language proficiency at B2 level or higher

A plus if:

Experience in scripting, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Puppet, Bash/Python)

Team management experience

Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or Zabbix

Responsibilities

Manage RDBMS and NoSQL solutions

Ensure database performance, scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery across environments deployed on bare-metal servers and virtual machines

Implement and manage replication сhains, partitioning / sharding, backups

Assist development teams in creating, optimizing, and problem solving with RDBMS and NoSQL solutions

Troubleshooting

Drive automation using Terraform, Puppet, and custom tooling for infrastructure and database lifecycle management

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