Senior Database Administrator
Paysafe is looking for an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join its Database Solutions Team in Sofia. The role involves managing and optimising mission-critical Oracle and PostgreSQL databases across Europe and North America.
The successful candidate will work with cloud infrastructure, automation, high-availability solutions, and large-scale production environments to ensure the reliability and efficiency of database systems.
- Administer and support Oracle 19c and PostgreSQL databases across development, test, DR, and production environments.
- Maintain high availability, disaster recovery, replication, security, and performance solutions.
- Automate operational processes and improve database reliability and efficiency.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts, root cause investigations, and major incident resolution.
- Perform backup/recovery, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management activities.
- Work closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams on business-critical database initiatives.
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation supporting mission-critical systems.
- Contribute to continuous improvement across monitoring, automation, and database operations.
- Extensive experience administering Oracle databases in large-scale production environments. (required)
- Hands-on experience with Oracle GoldenGate, AWS DMS, and Oracle Exadata. (required)
- Experience supporting databases in AWS environments. (required)
- Strong SQL, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and automation skills. (required)
- Proven ability to resolve complex production incidents under pressure. (required)
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. (required)
- PostgreSQL administration experience. (nice-to-have)
- Experience in highly regulated environments. (nice-to-have)
- Exposure to globally distributed, highly available database platforms. (nice-to-have)
- The opportunity to write the history of a leading and growing multinational company.
- Tailor-made training and ongoing development to help enhance skills in the field of online payments.
- Multiple career progression opportunities in a dynamic in-house business.
- Environment where product expertise, professional and personal commitment are rewarded.
- Competitive remuneration and social benefits package including 25 days annual paid leave, 4 days paid volunteering time a year through Paysafe Giving initiative, health insurance, sports card, team events, company discounts, and a variety of soft skills, business and technical training programmes.
- Fun and collaborative working atmosphere.
- Flexible working model - employees are expected to work from home and spend an average of three days a week at the Sofia office as part of the hybrid work model.
Paysafe is a global payments platform powering the experience economy, with a strong focus on the iGaming, video gaming, e-commerce, retail, travel and hospitality sectors. With 30 years of expertise in payment technology, Paysafe helps businesses and consumers lift every experience through seamless, secure payment solutions, including card payments, digital wallets such as Skrill, eCash solutions like PaysafeCard, and a suite of local payment methods. With approximately 2,900 employees across 12 countries and annualized transactional volume of $167 billion in 2025, Paysafe connects people and businesses worldwide through innovative digital payment experiences.