Database Administrator

Founded in 2019, Sipay is an innovative financial technology company that designs products and services tailored to the financial needs of both businesses and individuals. Türkiye's most valuable fintech company Sipay enables companies to monitor and manage their entire financial outlook from a single platform, providing impartial access to a wide range of financial options. This allows businesses facing the challenge of managing today while preparing for tomorrow to make the most informed decisions.

Offering a comprehensive range of modern, fast, easy, secure, and innovative payment solutions, Sipay leads the industry with its customer-centric approach.

Rapidly advancing toward becoming a global fintech leader, Sipay was recognized in 2023 and 2024 as Türkiye’s fastest-growing electronic money and payment institution in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 ranking. In 2023, the company also ranked 187th on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA list. In 2024, Sipay climbed 68 spots compared to the previous year, reaching 119th place on the same list. Additionally, Sipay has earned certification in the Great Place to Work program, which highlights top employers each year.

We are looking for a Database Administrator for our growing Technology team!

Responsibilities:

• Ensure high availability and reliability of database systems through daily maintenance, automated backups, and proactive performance monitoring.
• Manage and maintain SQL Server, including AlwaysOn Availability Groups and performance tuning.
• Administer and optimize PostgreSQL and/or MySQL databases in production environments.
• Automate repetitive and operational tasks using PowerShell, Python, or Ansible by applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Implement and monitor observability pipelines using tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
• Drive capacity planning, forecasting, and storage optimization strategies.
• Support Agile product teams by contributing to continuous delivery and deployment cycles with database insights.
• Participate in incident response, post-mortem analysis, and improvement planning in collaboration with SRE/DevOps teams.
• Contribute to a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and DataOps principles and workflows.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience managing and troubleshooting Microsoft SQL Server in production.
• Experience administering PostgreSQL and/or MySQL in production systems.
• Solid experience in SQL performance tuning, execution plan analysis, and index optimization.
• Strong scripting and automation experience with PowerShell, Python, or Ansible.
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or similar technologies.
• Experience working within Agile and/or DevOps-oriented teams.
• Understanding and appreciation of DataOps principles and practices.
• Familiarity with NoSQL technologies, especially Couchbase, is a strong plus.
• Experience with AWS or Azure database services is a nice-to-have.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for teamwork, mentorship, and solving complex problems in dynamic environments.

Tech Stack:

• Databases: MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Automation: PowerShell, Python
• IaC: Ansible, Terraform
• Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, SQL Sentry
• Data Streaming: Debezium (nice to have)
• Cloud: AWS (nice to have)
• NoSQL: Couchbase (nice to have)

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