Lead Database Administrator

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🌐 United Kingdom, United States – Remote

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2010

📣 Marketing

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

Marketing • SaaS • B2B

Partnerize is a software company that provides a cloud-based partner and affiliate marketing platform. It helps brands and enterprises discover, manage, track, and optimize partnerships (affiliates, influencers, and strategic partners) through tracking, analytics, automation, and partner payment capabilities. Partnerize is sold as a SaaS product to marketing and commerce teams aiming to scale partner-driven customer acquisition and revenue.

📋 Description

• Take complete, hands-on ownership of daily database operations, including backup management, resolving slow-running queries, and performance tuning • Design, secure, and maintain underlying Linux servers supporting distributed databases • Plan, manage, and deliver database upgrades and migrations • Create step-by-step execution plans and communicate technical considerations and business impacts to non-technical stakeholders • Scope incoming work, delegate appropriately, and act as the definitive database escalation point • Measure and optimise system performance • Lead automation of database platform management and monitoring • Collaborate with development teams, product owners, and stakeholders to meet database needs and improve deployment testability • Document procedures, best practices, and troubleshooting steps • Plan, prioritise, and estimate tasks using Jira • Provide critical database support during and outside normal business hours • Mentor and coach engineers on database design, optimisation, and migration strategies

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced administration of MySQL in production environments, on-premise or in the cloud • Strong Linux system administration and networking awareness • Experience as the sole or lead owner for large production database infrastructure within a SaaS environment • Demonstrable accountability for database availability and performance • Experience coordinating with external technical stakeholders and adhering to light change management processes • Advanced experience configuring and troubleshooting MySQL replication setups, including primary-replica, multi-master, and GTID • Ability to resolve replication lag, manage failovers, and execute disaster recovery plans • Working understanding of database monitoring tools, thresholds, and response mechanics • Deep expertise in query tuning, slow query analysis, and schema optimisation, including normalisation, partitioning, query rewrites, and indexing strategies • Proven track record executing minimal-downtime upgrades and complex migrations • Highly skilled in Python and/or Bash automation and version-controlled scripting • Experience securing database infrastructure through SSL/TLS encryption, user access control, audit logging, and automated backup encryption • Openness to learn required technologies • Interest in development, new technologies, and innovation

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible Time Off Policy – Take the time you need • Enhanced parental leave (16 weeks for birth parent, 8 weeks for non-birth parent at full pay) • Regular company events and activities • Robust Company Sponsored Health & Welfare Benefits • 401k Plan – 4% employee match • Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program • Flexible work environment

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