Senior Database Administrator (DBA) at Palmpay Limited

Karachi Division, Sindh, Pakistan -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 Oct, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

06 Jul, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

MySQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Database Administration, Performance Tuning, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, Database Security, Capacity Planning, Query Optimization, Linux, MongoDB Atlas, PCI DSS, ISO/IEC 27001, Backup and Recovery, Root Cause Analysis

Industry

Financial Services

Description

About PalmPay PalmPay is a leading neobank and fintech platform scaling financial inclusion across emerging markets. With over 40 million users, we are building a digital financial ecosystem that empowers individuals and businesses through accessible, easy-to-use, and rewarding financial services. Operating in Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Philippines, PalmPay has been recognized by CNBC as one of the Top 300 Global Fintech Companies and ranked #2 overall and #1 in financial services on the Financial Times’ Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies 2025 list. Position Overview PalmPay is seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to manage and optimize the organization’s mission-critical database platforms supporting digital financial services and payment systems. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring database availability, performance, security, backup, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance across self-managed, Kubernetes-based, and cloud database environments while maintaining highly available, secure, and resilient database infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Database Administration & Operations Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise database platforms across production and non-production environments. Manage self-hosted, Kubernetes-based, and cloud-hosted database infrastructure, including MySQL and MongoDB. Install, configure, upgrade, migrate, patch, and maintain database platforms with minimal service disruption. Ensure database availability, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence for business-critical services. High Availability, Backup & Disaster Recovery Design, implement, and maintain database replication, clustering, failover, and High Availability (HA) solutions. Manage backup, restoration, Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR), and disaster recovery strategies. Conduct periodic backup validation and recovery testing to ensure business continuity objectives. Monitor replication health, replication lag, failover readiness, and database resilience across production environments. Performance & Capacity Management Monitor database performance, availability, storage utilization, and overall database health. Perform query tuning, indexing, execution plan analysis, and database optimization. Conduct capacity planning and proactively identify performance bottlenecks. Collaborate with Engineering teams to improve database design and application performance. Database Security & Compliance Implement database security controls including authentication, authorization, encryption, auditing, and least privilege access. Enforce secure configuration baselines, database hardening, privileged access management, and database activity monitoring. Maintain database audit trails, access review records, and security logs. Support compliance with Bangladesh Bank ICT Security Guidelines, PCI DSS, ISO/IEC 27001, and internal security standards. Governance & Operational Excellence Support production change management, release planning, and database deployment activities. Develop and maintain database standards, SOPs, operational documentation, and technical runbooks. Participate in database risk assessments, security reviews, regulatory inspections, and audit activities. Collaborate with Infrastructure, DevOps, Information Security, Risk, and Engineering teams to ensure secure and reliable database operations. Required Qualifications & Experience Education & Certification Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related discipline. Preferred Professional Certifications Oracle MySQL Database Administrator MongoDB Associate DBA Experience Minimum 3+ years of professional experience in Database Administration. Strong hands-on experience managing enterprise database platforms, including MySQL, MongoDB, and other relational or NoSQL databases. Experience managing self-hosted database clusters, Kubernetes-based database platforms, Cloud-hosted databases, and MongoDB Atlas environments. Prior experience in Banking, FinTech, or other regulated financial institutions will be highly preferred. Practical experience supporting High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), backup & recovery, replication, database security, performance tuning, and production troubleshooting. Experience supporting regulatory audits, compliance initiatives, and mission-critical production environments. Skills & Competencies Strong knowledge of database administration, replication, clustering, backup, recovery, performance tuning, and capacity planning. Hands-on experience with enterprise backup, monitoring, and database automation tools. Experience with Cloud, Kubernetes-based database platforms, MongoDB Atlas, and Linux in production environments. Strong understanding of database security, encryption, audit logging, privileged access management, secure configuration practices, and database activity monitoring. Good understanding of Bangladesh Bank ICT Security Guidelines, PCI DSS, ISO/IEC 27001, backup and disaster recovery best practices. Strong analytical, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication skills in English. High attention to detail with strong execution capability. Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly regulated fintech environment. Compensation & Benefits Competitive salary Festival bonuses Opportunity to work in a fast-growing global fintech environment Career development and leadership exposure

Responsibilities

Manage and optimize mission-critical database platforms including MySQL and MongoDB across self-managed, Kubernetes, and cloud environments. Ensure high availability, security, and regulatory compliance while handling backups and disaster recovery strategies.