Seeking an experienced DevOps & Cloud Engineer with a focus on database administration to manage SQL and NoSQL databases in cloud environments, automate infrastructure, ensure security and compliance, and collaborate with engineering teams at Maersk.

• Key Responsibilities:

Database Engineering & Optimization

+ Manage, optimize, and monitor **SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cosmos DB, etc.)** databases with a focus on **cloud-based PaaS solutions (azure preferred).**
+ Implement **database performance tuning techniques** such as **indexing, caching strategies, partitioning, and query optimization in self-managed and managed DB.**
+ Automate **database backups, replication, high availability (HA), and failover strategies, Db Health & Maintenance and** **cluster setups** using cloud-native tools.
+ Hands on with **DB Updates and Patching / Security and Access Control / Data Integrity and Consistency checks.****### **DevOps & Infrastructure Automation**

+ Automate **infrastructure provisioning** using **Terraform, and Helm.**
+ Implement **CI/CD pipelines for database changes and schema migrations** using **Liquibase, etc.**
+ Implement **multi-region database deployments** to enhance **performance, resilience, and fault tolerance** across geographically distributed workloads.
+ Manage **Kubernetes-based workloads.**
+ Deploy **cloud resources in public cloud environments (GCP/Azure) with full infrastructure lifecycle management** .
+ Set up **monitoring solutions** using **Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Azure Monitoring** .
+ Strong **Linux administration and shell scripting** experience for automation.
+ Proficiency in **Python and Go** programming to automate workflows.
+ Support **application teams** with regular **deployments, debugging, root cause analysis (RCA), and advocating best practices** .
+ Understand the **Well-Architected Framework** in cloud workloads to optimize and right-size workloads across all pillars, with a strong focus on **cost reduction** .### **Security, Compliance & Governance**

+ Implement **role-based access control (RBAC), encryption strategies, and fine-grained security controls** for databases.
+ Ensure **compliance with GDPR, SOC 2 and other data security regulations** and auth methods (basic understanding of concepts, not expert level).
+ Kubernetes network security concepts.
+ Automate **IAM policy enforcement, database firewall rules, and security auditing** for sensitive datasets.**Monitoring, Logging & Troubleshooting**

Enable real-time application monitoring by creating observability visualizations using Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana to track system health, logs, metrics, and infrastructure performance.

+ Proactively **troubleshoot and resolve database and support cloud application-related issues** .### **Collaboration & Documentation**

+ Work closely with **SRE, DevOps, operations and Engineering teams** to align infrastructure enabling application teams to run **cloud-native applications effectively at scale.**
+ Document system **architectures, performance benchmarks, and operational playbooks** .
+ Enable **development teams** on efficient **data modelling, query optimization, and best DevOps practices** for database management along with **compute resource management (cloud compute services)** .
+ Basic understanding of **Java Spring microservices** to work with application teams.**Qualifications & Skills**

Desired Skills (Must-Have)

• 7+ years of industry experience, with 4+ years in DevOps focusing on database administration & performance tuning frameworks.
• Expertise in SQL (Azure SQL Database, PostgreSQL Flexible Server, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL (Cosmos DB)
• Familiarity with Kafka and message queuing systems.
• Experience with code deployment procedures and GitOps –Flux, with advanced knowledge of canary and blue-green deployment strategies.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation:
• Terraform, Kubernetes (AKS), Helm, and CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Database Performance Optimization:
• Query tuning, indexing, caching, connection pooling, and query profiling for Azure database services and self-managed Databases.
• Monitoring & Observability:
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Grafana for health checks and dashboards.
• Scripting & Automation:
• Proficiency in Python and Go for database automation and DevOps scripting.
• Certifications on cloud associate level or +, on Kubernetes (CKA, CKAD) are well addons and knowledge on any public cloud
• Basic data engineering knowledge, exposure to ADF, Spark, and Airflow for data pipelines, and experience in ML model deployment (Azure ML, MLflow). Bonus if eager to learn ML visualization, Vector DBs, Power BI, and Apache Superset

We offer

• As an organization with a global presence, joining Maersk is a wonderful and exciting opportunity for you to work with people of diverse talents & backgrounds.
• We are committed to growing our people and will provide you with opportunities that broadens your knowledge and strengthens your professional & technical skills.
• Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking.
• Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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