Join Scaleway as a Database Administrator to maintain and enhance internal and public-facing database infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security, and long-term performance. You will work within a collaborative team of 6 to support critical database systems across production environments.
What You'll Do
- Contribute to the maintenance of public database services and integration of new engine features (e.g. replication, high availability, backup strategies)
- Maintain and evolve internal databases (updates, bug fixes, optimizations, automation, deployments, decommissions)
- Diagnose and resolve incidents and bugs affecting databases
- Improve the technical stack used for database management and automation
- Deploy new database instances and design robust backup strategies (snapshots, replication, HA, disaster recovery)
- Work with tools like Ansible and Docker to support infrastructure and automation
- Collaborate with developers and other DBAs to guide database usage and best practices
- Participate in an on-call rotation
- Contribute to design reviews and propose improvements to internal architecture and tooling
What We're Looking For
- Solid experience in administering at least one major RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle), ideally in production environments
- Ability to deploy and maintain databases, including setting up high availability, replication, backups, and engine upgrades
- Strong Linux system administration skills and experience with Bash scripting
- Comfortable working with automation and infrastructure tools: Ansible, Docker, Git & CI/CD pipelines
- Development experience in Python or Go
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus
- Deep understanding of database administration mechanisms: security, access control, disaster recovery, and service continuity strategies
- Excellent communication and synthesis skills: ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong sense of rigor and high standards, especially when working on critical infrastructure
- Proactive and autonomous, with the ability to work effectively in a distributed team
- Ability to collaborate with empathy and contribute to a caring, respectful work environment
- Professional written communication in English; comfort in French-speaking teams
Technical Stack
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Oracle
- Ansible
- Docker
- Git
- CI/CD pipelines
- Python
- Go
- Prometheus
- Bash
- Linux
Team & Environment
Team size: 6Structure: 2 DBAs, 2 developers, 1 product manager, 1 engineering managerReports to: Engineering manager
Benefits & Compensation
- Hybrid work: up to 3 days of remote work per week
- Spacious, dynamic offices with bold design, conveniently located near public transport
- Most offices feature outdoor spaces (terraces) and bike parking facilities
- Chef-provided healthy meal service at headquarters
- Breakfast available across all sites year-round
- Swile card for lunches for Scalers working from regional sites
- Access to a gym
- Daycare places
- Discounted services for caring services
- International environment with dozens of nationalities
- English widely spoken as much as French
- Internal mobility supported by managers
- Opportunities to transition to other entities within the Iliad Group
Work Mode
Hybrid work model with locations in Paris, Lille, Toulouse, Rennes, Rouen, Bordeaux, Lyon and up to 3 days remote per week.
Scaleway is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
