Senior Database Administrator
St. Louis, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, 63105, USA
Listed on 2026-01-01
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IT/Tech
Data Engineer, Cloud Computing
Senior Database Administrator
- Engineering
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Senior
- Full-time
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, Air Flow 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, Dev Ops, and data engineering teams to ensure smooth operation in production environments
- Support production systems (24/7)
- 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 troubleshooting
Seasoned team player, great communication skills, technical leadership experience (Projects, Initiatives, Mentorship)
Advantages:
- Experience with AWS.
- Familiarity with Dev Ops 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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