Database Operations Engineer

The engineer will operate, maintain and improve databases, caching platforms and related middleware in cloud and production environments. The role focuses on availability, performance, automation, incident resolution and close collaboration with technical teams based in China. Key responsibilities

• Operate, maintain and support relational databases, caching platforms and related middleware in cloud and production environments.
• Monitor database availability, capacity, performance and reliability, and proactively address operational risks.
• Diagnose and resolve database incidents, performance degradation and resource bottlenecks.
• Perform installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, backup, recovery and routine database maintenance.
• Support database releases, migrations and controlled production changes.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, automation and operational procedures for database services.
• Collaborate daily in Mandarin with technical teams in China to implement common database and middleware management standards.
• Assist application teams with database-related troubleshooting and production releases.
• Improve the utilisation, reliability and cost efficiency of database and application resources.
• Ensure data handling and database operations comply with applicable European data-protection requirements.
• Participate occasionally in an on-call rotation for urgent production incidents.