Database Administrator - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Your team

The MAX IV Controls and IT team (KITS) deliver solutions to the whole MAX IV organisation in the areas of control system hardware, controls software applications, infrastructure and networking, information management and scientific software. This is a dynamic and highly challenging environment and requires close collaboration with the staff in order to understand the needs and be effective in forming solutions. We are around 50 people in total who work in 5 domains in a well organised and agile way. We hold values of lean management, knowledge spread, user autonomy, continuous improvement and flexibility as guiding principles for our work.

As part of the Scientific and Information Management team, you will be in a unique position to take part in the endeavor to provide information services to the scientific community. We are a team with broad skill sets and considerable opportunity to learn and grow both as an individual and a professional.

Would you like to work at the brightest lightsource in the world?

MAX IV are looking for  a Database Administrator who will…

be responsible for the overall architecture and maintenance of the different database solutions used by the different teams within KITS.  We need to architect a database environment with high reliability and scale. This requires an evaluation of current solutions in collaboration with members of different teams. This position is intended to be a link between the different teams in KITS and complement the skills present in the different teams.

Your main work tasks will be

• Setting up and maintenance of database clusters
• Interfacing with different teams to understand requirements related to the DB environment
• Address issues of performance, reliability, scaling
• Backup and recovery of database environments

To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related
• Experience with RDBMS as well as NoSQL databases (PostgresSQL TimescaleDB, MariaDB, MongoDB) with understanding of relational and dimentional data modeling
• Strong command of SQL
• Experience(5-10 years) in database administration (PostgresSQL, MariaDB) and architecture along with setting up database clusters, benchmarking and performance tuning
• Expertise in database security, backup and recovery
• Linux CLI experience
• Strong communication skills, fluent in English

Below are seen as merits

• Experience with databases setup in Kubernetes (e.g. Bitnami Helm charts)

As a person you are …

• a self-starter with a passion for learning new technologies
• a team player committed to the goals of the team
• reliable and responsible
• able to listen and respect different perspectives
• a problem solver

What we offer

When you join our MAX IV family, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientist from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance.

Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference!

Probationary period may apply.

For further information, please visit:
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/work-lund-university
www.sweden.se
https://www.maxiv.lu.se/about-us/careerjobs/comp_and_benefits/