Team Lead, Platform DBA

Team Lead, Platform DBA

We are hiring a Team Lead, Platform DBA to lead and scale Cloud Pay’s Data Ops capability, ensuring the reliable, secure, and efficient operation of data pipelines, platforms, and analytics services. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, platform operations, and analytics, enabling rapid, trustworthy data delivery across the business while maintaining strong governance and compliance.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Data Ops team
• Set technical direction, priorities, and operating standards for Data Ops
• Foster a culture of reliability, automation, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Support hiring, onboarding, and career development within the team

• Own the operational health, performance, and availability of Cloud Pay’s data platforms
• Design and implement monitoring, alerting, and incident management for data pipelines
• Ensure SLAs, SLOs, and data freshness commitments are met
• Drive automation to reduce manual intervention, and operational risk

• Implement robust CI/CD processes for data pipelines and analytics assets
• Establish data quality checks, validation frameworks, and anomaly detection
• Partner with Data Engineering to improve pipeline resilience, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Manage schema evolution, dependency tracking, and lineage visibility

• Ensure strong data access controls, auditability, and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR)
• Support payroll‑ and payment‑grade data accuracy and traceability
• Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams on policies and controls
• Promote best practices in data privacy, retention, and classification

• Act as a bridge between Data Engineering, Analytics, Product, and Operations
• Enable self‑service analytics while protecting platform stability
• Influence roadmap decisions with operational insights and metrics
• Communicate clearly with technical and non‑technical stakeholders

• Strong experience in Data Ops, Data Engineering, or Platform Engineering
• Hands‑on knowledge of modern data stacks (e.g., cloud data warehouses, ETL/ELT tools, orchestration frameworks)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Preferred), Azure, or GCP
• Proficiency in MySQL and at least one scripting language (Python preferred)
• Experience implementing CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, and automated testing for data systems
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and alerting tools

• Proven experience leading or mentoring technical teams
• Strong problem‑solving and operational mindset
• Experience working in Agile or Dev Ops‑oriented environments
• Comfortable owning incidents, post‑mortems, and continuous improvement actions

• Experience in SaaS, fintech, payroll, payments, or regulated environments
• Exposure to large‑scale, high‑volume, business‑critical datasets
• Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance principles

We are hiring in Poland, Spain, or the Philippines, with local packages and benefits to apply.

Cloud Pay is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.