MySQL Database Administrator

Founded in Copenhagen in 2020, Monta is a fast-growing green tech company providing a state-of-the-art software platform for stakeholders in the electrical vehicle (EV) ecosystem: EV drivers, private charge point owners, commercial charge point operators, fleet managers, hardware vendors, grid operators, and many more. At Monta we are value-driven and open and we embrace trust, transparency, passion and impact. We are looking for awesome and motivated people to join our team and help shape our electrical future.

We’ve closed a huge Series B round! 80M EUR and soaring! Our journey so far? An expansion across various markets, prestigious #ISO27001 and B-Corp certifications, and proactive tech revolutionizing the EV charging experience. Not to mention, our growth has skyrocketed 6X since the last round, nearing 1 million monthly charging sessions, and 1,000 #EV drivers joining us daily! Monta will use the EUR 80M funding to double down on its successful software-only strategy by strengthening investments in all markets and improving and expanding its product to new sectors ready to embark on an electrified future.

The Team

As a DBA at Monta, you will join our existing SRE team, that is a good mix of developers and ops. We work together to keep the Monta systems running stable, fast and secure. We are a small team working closely together and learning from each other. We are never afraid of jumping into the deep and experiment with new and exciting technology.

Position Overview

As a MySQL Database Administrator (DBA), you will play a crucial role in maintaining, optimizing, and securing our company's MySQL database infrastructure. You will work closely with our development, operations, and IT teams to ensure seamless database performance, reliability, and scalability. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of MySQL database management, performance tuning, backup and recovery strategies, and database security best practices.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain MySQL database instances across development, testing, and production environments.
• Monitor and optimize database performance, ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Implement backup and recovery strategies to safeguard critical data and ensure disaster recovery readiness.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database issues, such as performance bottlenecks, connectivity problems, and data corruption.
• Collaborate with development teams to design efficient database schemas, indexes, and queries.
• Implement and enforce database security policies and access controls to protect sensitive data.
• Stay current with MySQL updates, patches, and best practices, and apply them as necessary.
• Automate routine database administration tasks to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Implement and optimize CDC operations for Data Processing (Currently we use AWS DMS)

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a MySQL Database Administrator (DBA) or similar role.
• In-depth knowledge of MySQL database management and administration.
• Strong proficiency in SQL query optimization and performance tuning.
• Experience with MySQL replication, clustering, and high availability solutions.
• Familiarity with database security principles and best practices.
• Experience with database backup and recovery tools and techniques.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with other database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, NoSQL) is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud database platforms (e.g., AWS RDS, AWS Aurora).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Go, Python, Bash) for automation tasks.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CDC operations (e.g. AWS DMS)

Benefits

• A dynamic and exciting work-place environment for learning, building and growing.
• A yearly education budget, and a few extra days off to make use of it.
• Regular engineering meetups to discuss our practices and learn from each other.
• We're quite a social bunch so you can look forward to a good and vibrant atmosphere at Monta with things such as: Friday bars, pub crawls, ping pong, and much more.
• Work anywhere, any time. We don’t require you to be at the office at set hours or days. So as long as you're at the important meetings (virtually or otherwise), communicative within the team and getting your work done, we’re happy!
• An attractive warrant package - share in Monta’s success!
• Pension plan and health insurance
• Paid maternity/paternity/parental leave
• Shared electric car at our Copenhagen office.
• Choose your platform/OS: Windows, Linux or MacOS.
• Stay fit with a discounted gym membership
• 5 weeks vacation + 5 additional vacation days
• And all sorts of surprises!

Due to our wish to grow our team, we have an ongoing selection process for this role, which is why you'll see it posted for a long time.