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Skai

Senior Database Administrator

Skai, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63146

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Senior Database Administrator

Engineering

Tel Aviv, Israel

Senior

Full-time

Description Who are we?

Skai (formerly Kenshoo) is a leading omnichannel marketing platform that leverages advanced AI and machine learning to deliver intelligent solutions based on data with performance media, enabling smarter decision-making, increased efficiency, and maximized returns - Revenue enabler for businesses around the world. Its partners include Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft and more. ~$7 billion in ad spending is managed on the SkaiTM platform every year.

Established in 2006, We’re 700 employees strong. We work hybrid with a great home/ office work mix.

What will you do?

Skai’s Data Enablement team is looking for a Senior DBA to manage and optimize the company’s production databases. This is a key role within our Infrastructure department, responsible for ensuring database reliability, performance and scalability in a Linux-based environment. You will get first hand experience with challenges around data, scale, architecture, creative solutions and high quality deliveries in a wide welcoming team. Besides Databases you will be part of a versatile team, manage Java/Python services, AirFlow and deployment and provisioning automations.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage, maintain, and optimize MySQL databases in Linux environment

Perform performance tuning, cost efficiency, upgrades and troubleshooting for large-scale data systems

Ensure high availability, backups, and recovery processes

Collaborate closely with infrastructure, DevOps, and data engineering teams to ensure smooth operation in production environments

Support production systems (24/7)

Requirements

5+ years of experience as a DBA

Hands-on experience with MySQL or any other DB in Linux environments

Proven experience in performance tuning, monitoring, and troubleshootingSeasoned team player, great communication skills, technical leadership experience (Projects, Initiatives, Mentorship)

Advantages:

Experience with AWS.

Familiarity with DevOps tools and concepts (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, IaC tools (Ansible, Pulumi, Terraform, etc.)

Programming or scripting skills (Python or Bash)

Working with AI tools

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