Head of DBA

LionHires is hiring specialists who have already relocated from Russia.

LionHires is a global recruitment partner for Fintech, iGaming, and Product Development.

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We are looking for an experienced Head of Database Administration (DBA) to lead and scale our database team. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on expertise, ensuring stability, scalability, and performance across a diverse database ecosystem.

Tech stack

• Relational Databases: MySQL, Percona XtraDB Cluster, Amazon RDS, Aurora.
• Analytics & Streaming: ClickHouse, CDC data streaming (Debezium).
• NoSQL: MongoDB.
• Infrastructure: databases hosted in the cloud, on-premises, and in Kubernetes environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a growing DBA team (currently 5 members, with active hiring ongoing).
• Oversee performance, availability, backup, and disaster recovery for more than 100 database servers, including several high-load systems.
• Collaborate closely with development teams, solution architects, and data analysts to ensure database reliability and efficiency.
• Drive adoption of modern practices for database management, migrations, automation, and process standardization.
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize new technologies and solutions to meet evolving business needs.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing large-scale, high-availability database infrastructures.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Experience working across cloud, on-premises, and containerized environments (Kubernetes).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to

• 23 working days of vacation per year.
• 6 sick days without a doctor's note.
• Medical insurance.
• Birthdays, milestones, and employee anniversaries celebrations.
• Modern offices with snacks and all the essentials.
• Social Club and more than 50 events per year — coming soon.
• Breakfasts and lunches (partially covered).
• Language classes & tennis lessons (partially covered).

Bold moves start here. Make yours. Apply today!