# Database Administrator (DBA)

> FP Markets · Limassol, Cyprus (Hybrid) · — · Posted 2026-05-19

**Workplace:** hybrid

**Department:** IT

## Description

**FP Markets Group of Companies** is a well-established multi-regulated broker, founded in Australia, offering traders access to CFD trading on Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks and Cryptocurrencies. We are growing and looking to recruit a Full-time **Database Administrator (DBA)** in Cyprus office - a certified Great Place to Work®.

We're looking for a Database Administrator to own the health, performance, and reliability of our database fleet on AWS. You'll work across MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL Server — running production workloads on RDS — and partner with engineering teams on schema design, query performance, and operational excellence.

**What You'll Work With:** AWS RDS / Aurora · MySQL · PostgreSQL · MS SQL Server · Terraform · Prometheus · Grafana · Python · ClickHouse

**Reporting to:** Head of Security and Infrastructure

**Responsibilities**:

-   Administer production databases on AWS RDS — MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server
-   Design and maintain HA / DR architectures: replication, Multi-AZ, read replicas, failover, backups
-   Tune performance — query optimization, indexing, execution plans, parameter groups
-   Capacity planning, sizing, and cost optimization across the database fleet
-   Manage schema changes and migrations safely in production
-   Monitor database health with Prometheus / Grafana / CloudWatch; tune alerting
-   Lead incident response for database outages, performance issues, and data integrity events
-   Implement and enforce security controls — encryption, access management, auditing, secrets rotation
-   Partner with developers on data modeling, query reviews, and access patterns
-   Automate routine work — backups, patching, provisioning — using IaC
-   Document standards, runbooks, and recovery procedures
-   Participate in on-call rotation

**Candidate profile:**

-   4+ years as a DBA or database-focused engineer in production environments
-   Strong hands-on experience with AWS RDS (and ideally Aurora)
-   Deep expertise in at least two of: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server
-   Advanced SQL — query tuning, execution plans, stored procedures, window functions
-   Solid understanding of replication, backups, point-in-time recovery, and HA / DR patterns
-   Experience with database security — IAM, encryption (KMS), TLS, auditing
-   Schema design and migration experience in high-availability environments
-   Experience with ClickHouse
-   Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation
-   Linux fundamentals and networking basics

**Nice to Have:**

-   IaC for databases — Terraform, CloudFormation
-   Schema migration tooling — Flyway, Liquibase, Alembic
-   NoSQL exposure — DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, ElastiCache
-   Data warehousing — Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery
-   Experience with CDC tooling — Debezium, AWS DMS
-   Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Percona Toolkit, pgBadger)
-   Experience in regulated environments (fintech, financial services, SOC 2, ISO 27001, DORA)
-   Certifications — AWS Database Specialty, Microsoft, Oracle, PostgreSQL

**Our offer:**

-   A certified Great Place to Work®  reflecting our commitment to a positive culture, employee well-being, and support
-   Welcoming, young and multicultural team with approachable leadership
-   Ability to contribute to dynamic business at a growth phase
-   High level of autonomy, support of ideas and putting your expertise into the best practices for the company
-   Continuous personal development, training budget, growth with the company and opportunity to learn from industry leaders
-   Competitive remuneration, regular salary reviews and performance-based incentive schemes
-   Vibrant company life: from team activities to global celebrations
-   New beautiful office in an easily accessible location with company-provided fruits, breakfasts and lunches
-   Free access to multiple sports and wellness facilities across the country
-   Free company-provided parking
-   Medical insurance and pension fund after probation period
-   A gift and a day off on your Birthday
-   Visa and work permit support if required 

**Journey to FP Markets:**

-   Interview with People Function member (30 - 45 min) to assess match to our culture
-   Interview with your future manager (45 min - 1 hour) to assess match to the job and the team and discuss role expectations

Join our team and be a part of a professional, rapidly-growing company operating in a multicultural environment!

## Apply

[Apply at FP Markets](https://apply.workable.com/fpmarkets/j/22E5F843FD/apply)

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