Database Administrator (DBA)

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) remote.

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:

• 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
• Fully remote work 

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!