As a Database Administrator, you will play a key role in maintaining and evolving both internal and publicly accessible database systems. Your work will directly support scalable, secure, and high-performing infrastructure across cloud and artificial intelligence platforms, ensuring reliability and resilience under demanding conditions.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate and enhance database systems through updates, performance tuning, automation, and lifecycle management
- Support public database services by integrating new features such as replication, failover, and backup solutions
- Respond to and resolve database-related incidents, ensuring minimal disruption to services
- Design and implement deployment strategies, including high availability, disaster recovery, and secure replication topologies
- Enhance tooling and automation frameworks used for database provisioning and management
- Collaborate with developers and fellow administrators to promote efficient and secure database usage
- Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to the evolution of internal systems and practices
- Take part in an on-call rotation to support critical infrastructure
What You Bring
- Proven experience managing major relational databases—such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle—in production settings
- Strong Linux administration skills with hands-on scripting in Bash
- Experience with automation tools including Ansible, Docker, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with monitoring using Prometheus and development in Python or Go
- Deep knowledge of database security, access controls, backup strategies, and service continuity
- Clear communication skills, with the ability to convey technical details to diverse audiences
- Self-direction and attention to detail, especially when managing mission-critical systems
- Ability to work collaboratively in a distributed, multilingual team with empathy and professionalism
- Fluency in written English; comfort working in French-speaking environments
Work Environment
This role operates in a hybrid model, allowing up to three days of remote work weekly, with office locations in Paris, Lille, Toulouse, Rennes, Rouen, Bordeaux, and Lyon. Offices feature modern design, outdoor terraces, bike storage, and easy transit access. A supportive culture emphasizes knowledge sharing, internal growth, and respectful collaboration.
Benefits
- Hybrid work flexibility
- Well-designed offices with wellness amenities
- Onsite healthy meals at headquarters; breakfast available at all sites
- Swile card for meal support at regional offices
- Access to gym memberships, daycare options, and discounted personal services
- Diverse, international workforce where English and French are equally used
- Opportunities for internal mobility, including roles within the broader Iliad Group
Our Commitment
We foster a responsible cloud infrastructure powered by renewable energy. Our culture values technical excellence, collaboration, and long-term career development in an inclusive, forward-thinking environment.
