Database Administrator II

Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge database technology?

Would you enjoy working with a truly global team?

Join our Data Services team!

We are responsible for provisioning, managing and supporting the customer facing DB infrastructure. We ensure efficient functioning and high availability of this infrastructure - Databases, Cloud Services, platforms and applications.

Champion our new Database platforms

You will analyze, design, implement and operate mission-critical database services. You'll be using Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As a Database Administrator II, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting day-to-day operations with large-scale, highly available, reliable, high-performing transactional (OLTP) databases hosted in geo-distributed cloud-based datacenters
• Providing Oracle expertise with performing database operations with minimum (or zero) downtime
• Being a liaison for database-related problems between operations, architecture, development, and QA groups
• Automating routine database operations using scripting or cloud automation tools
• Mentoring junior DBAs
• Participating in architecture and incident review boards

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Have 5+ years of Oracle experience, with expertise in supporting highly available transactional systems (4-9s)
• Have advanced knowledge of Oracle troubleshooting and performance tuning for PL/SQL and the database in a Cloud
• Have 5 years of experience as Oracle DBA with routine automation experience
• Have 5 years of outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including experience working with culturally diverse and geographically distributed teams
• Be able to communicate effectively with Program Management, InfoSec, Engineering, QA, and Operations personnel
• Have deep knowledge of Cloud DevOps principles

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.