Data Engineer

Robert Half

Robert Half collaborates with a prominent financial services company that boasts global offices, including in London. They are seeking a Data Engineer to play a crucial role in managing and maintaining MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. This role is essential to support the company's production and development environments, ensuring efficient and reliable database solutions.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Manage MySQL and PostgreSQL databases in various environments.
• Automate database operations like backups and monitoring.
• Optimize query performance for large datasets.
• Implement high availability and disaster recovery for databases.
• Assist in managing Elasticsearch clusters.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver database solutions.
• Install and troubleshoot database environments.
• Drive database automation initiatives.
• Work with DevOps and engineering on database requirements.

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Equal opportunity and diversity commitment.

This role requires you to have:

• 5+ years experience with MySQL/PostgreSQL management.
• Scripting skills in Python or Bash.
• Database architecture and replication knowledge.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• CI/CD and DevOps practice knowledge.
• Linux/Unix proficiency.

You would benefit from having:

• Experience with Elasticsearch.
• Collaborative tools knowledge (Jira, Confluence, Slack).

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