Database Engineer

2 Months ago • All levels • Programming

Job Summary

Job Description

Playtech seeks a proactive Database Engineer with exceptional analytical and multitasking skills. Responsibilities include supporting production, development, and test database environments (Oracle and/or Postgres); collaborating on database scaling for growth, security, and resilience; aiding development and testing teams in releases; performing performance analysis and tuning; creating data routines and reports; planning and implementing database upgrades and migrations; and assisting with Oracle to Postgres data migrations. The role involves production support, new projects, data extracts, and migrations, requiring proficiency in performance tuning, SQL, PL/SQL, and shell scripting. Experience with RMAN and Dataguard is beneficial.
Must have:
  • Production DB experience (Oracle/Postgres)
  • High-volume transactional system support
  • Team support & development lifecycle understanding
  • Performance analysis & tuning skills
  • SQL, PL/SQL, shell scripting proficiency
  • Database monitoring tool experience
  • Zero downtime deployment experience
  • Backup & recovery technologies (RMAN, Dataguard)
Good to have:
  • Data migration experience
  • Experience with data extracts and reports

Job Details

Company Description

About Playtech   

Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B and B2C businesses. Both divisions leverage Playtech’s proprietary technology to deliver innovative products and services to ensure a safe, engaging and entertaining gaming experience. 

Playtech is the gaming industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gaming software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtechpeople.com 

Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech's overall commitment to responsible business practices. 

Ready to level up your career?

One of the Playtech’s many products is looking for a proactive Database Engineer with exceptional analytical thinking and multitasking skills.  

Job Description

Your influential mission. You will...

  • Support the production, development, and test database environments
  • Work with the other DB developers in building and scaling databases for growth, security, and resilience
  • Aid the development and testing teams in the rollout of scheduled releases
  • Perform performance analysis, load testing, and tuning
  • Extract data routines and write bespoke reports
  • Plan and implement database upgrades
  • Migrate Data Centre projects
  • Assist with Oracle to Postgres data migrations
  • Create complex queries to do data extracts

Qualifications

Components for success. You...

  • Have production DB experience with Oracle and/or Postgres
  • Provide hands-on support for high-volume, highly transactional, online, 24/7/365 systems
  • Have supported a team of developers and understand the development lifecycle
  • Possess excellent technical and analytical troubleshooting skills
  • Are skilled in performance analysis and tuning
  • Have in-depth experience with SQL, PL/SQL, and shell scripting
  • Utilize and implement database monitoring tools effectively
  • Have experience with zero downtime database deployments
  • Are knowledgeable in backup and recovery technologies (RMAN, Dataguard)

Thrive in a culture that values...

  • Taking initiative and having a confident approach at the workplace  
  • Global scope and inclusive working environment  
  • Constant learning and development opportunities  
  • Active lifestyle and mental well-being  
  • Fun and engaging company events 

Additional Information

The TEAM

An experienced Postgres and Oracle DB developer is needed to join our existing database team, providing support for our online entertainment platform. You will be supporting and maintaining the Production, Staging, Load Test, and Development database environments.

The role will be split between production support,  new project work, data extracts and data migration projects. Any experience with data migrations on a physical or logical level would be highly advantageous.

The databases are highly transactional OLTP, and the ideal candidate will be proficient in all aspects of performance tuning, including SQL tuning, indexing and partitioning strategies, and optimizing the OS level for optimum performance.
Our internal and external customers rely on several data extracts and reports, which are key to their daily duties, and these are also supported by the database team.

 

 

Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.

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