Linux Engineer (Database Team, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure)
eMAG · Bucharest, Romania · 2mo ago
We’re always looking for the ones truly passionate about their work. If you are amongst them, you can rest assured there is a place for you in eMAG. We’ve grown very fast and are determined to keep doing so. What brought us here is our desire for continuous evolution and practical results.
More than 6000 colleagues are part of eMAG Teams. We strongly believe in people's development and therefore every year we invest more and more energy and resources to remain an organization that is constantly learning. We want to ensure that you’ll have the most talented colleagues and the proper environment to grow and achieve great results, to become what you desire on a personal and professional level. Join us, grow faster!
Linux Engineer (Database Team, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure)
The Database Team is responsible for managing and optimizing the organization's database ecosystem, ensuring high availability, performance, security and reliability for business-critical applications across Engineering and Data & AI divisions. The team works closely with software development, DevOps and infrastructure teams to support production platforms and drive continuous improvement of database services.
What you’ll have to do:
- Lead the installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting of SQL and NoSQL database platforms, including MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
- Design, implement and maintain highly available and scalable database solutions that support business and technical requirements.
- Monitor database performance and proactively identify optimization opportunities.
- Administer database servers and optimize operating systems for database workloads.
- Define, implement and improve backup, recovery and disaster recovery strategies.
- Manage database patching and upgrade processes while ensuring service continuity.
- Deploy and maintain physical servers and containerized environments supporting database services.
- Develop and maintain automation and configuration management solutions.
- Collaborate closely with software development, DevOps and infrastructure teams across multiple business units.
- Drive database architecture planning and technical decision-making.
- Mentor junior database administrators and share best practices across the team.
- Develop and maintain internal procedures, operational documentation and best practices.
- Respect internal procedures related to the usage of company tools and equipment.
What makes you a good fit:
- Higher education degree, preferably in Information Technology, Computer Science or Cybernetics.
- At least 5 years of experience in a similar role.
- Strong Linux systems administration knowledge.
- Extensive hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
- Proven experience installing, configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting complex database environments.
- Deep understanding of database performance tuning and optimization techniques.
- Solid experience with backup, recovery and disaster recovery processes.
- Knowledge of source control systems such as Git.
- Basic networking knowledge and experience with network protocols.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Good written and spoken English skills.
- Strong analytical and logical thinking.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated and proactive attitude.
- Results-oriented mindset.
- Adaptability to change and dynamic work environments.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
What makes you stand out:
- Experience with High Availability, Load Balancing and Infrastructure Security concepts.
- Experience with Kubernetes, OpenStack or other containerization and virtualization platforms.
- Programming or scripting experience in any language.
- Experience working in large-scale production environments.
- Experience with automation and configuration management solutions.
- Experience mentoring or leading database initiatives.
- Relevant certifications such as RHEL (Red Hat Certified Engineer/Administrator) or CompTIA.
What we’ve prepared for you:
- Medical subscription: Medicover or Regina Maria.
- A flexible budget that you can invest in yourself as you wish: meal tickets, holiday tickets, cultural vouchers, private pension, foreign language classes, eMAG, Fashion Days, Therme & Genius, membership to different gyms or even professional development classes.
- Different discounts from our partners: banking, mobile, dental medicine or wellness.
- Access to the Bookster library and free credits on the Hilio psycho-emotional health platform.
- An accelerated learning environment, with access to over 100.000 curated online resources and platforms, learning academies and development programs.
- New headquarters, where sleek design, natural light, and versatile spaces create an energizing and comfortable environment for hybrid work.
Curious to find out more about the next step in your career? Apply now and if your experience is relevant for the role you wish, we will give you a call for more details! Also, here you can find our confidentiality policy if you want to consult it.