DBA Lead/Specialist Engineer, Mukto Pay

Company Introduction As part of the global VEON Group, we are expanding into the digital financial services market to serve a broader customer base and strengthen our role in Bangladesh’s digital ecosystem. To advance this initiative, we have obtained a Payment Service Provider (PSP) license via our newly established subsidiary called - NEO PSP Limited , a next-generation payment solutions company. Operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Banglalink, one of the country’s leading digital operators, NEO PSP is built on the vision of enabling a cashless and connected future. The company empowers businesses to accept and process payments seamlessly through a secure, efficient, and scalable payment gateway, supporting the growth of digital commerce across Bangladesh. Leveraging Banglalink’s trusted digital ecosystem and technological expertise, NEO PSP aims to simplify financial transactions for enterprises of all sizes — from startups to large corporations. Our platform would support diverse payment methods, ensuring speed, reliability, and transparency in every transaction. At NEO PSP , we are committed to enabling digital financial (FINTECH) inclusion and accelerating Bangladesh’s journey toward a smarter digital economy. With innovation, compliance, security, and customer trust at our core, we strive to become the preferred payment solutions partner for businesses nationwide. Job Description Administer all production database platforms end to end (installation, patching, upgrades, housekeeping) with 24x7 on call support on a scheduled rotation, sustaining at least 99.99 percent uptime for core financial systems. Engineer and operate high availability architectures: GaussDB cluster replication and switchover, PostgreSQL streaming replication with Patroni, connection pooling and failover. Own backup, restore and disaster readiness: enterprise backup appliance operations, immutable copies, scheduled restore drills proving RTO and RPO with evidence. Enforce database security and access discipline: least privilege with SoD, access approval workflows, quarterly reviews, PII encryption and masking, complete audit logging to SIEM. Tune performance continuously (SQL optimization, indexing, partitioning) and plan capacity ahead of national scale transaction peaks. Support releases through change management with rollback plans, and maintain audit ready documentation and runbooks for Bangladesh Bank inspection. Academic Qualification Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related quantitative discipline from a reputed university. Professional certifications such as Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), HCIP GaussDB, PostgreSQL or cloud database specialty, and ITIL Foundation will be highly preferred. Job Experience Required 4 to 7 years of hands-on database administration in banking, MFS, telecom or high scale technology platforms. Demonstrated experience supporting mission critical databases in a 24x7 operational rotation. Required Capabilities Administration of Huawei GaussDB or strong Oracle background with willingness to cross train: cluster manager operations, primary/standby and cascade replication, lag monitoring, password profiles, hardening baselines and backup internals. Production grade PostgreSQL: Patroni (switchover, VIP failover), Pgpool/PgBouncer, sync and async streaming replication, role and grant design, pgAudit and encrypted backup pipelines. Enterprise backup and DR tooling: Resilient backup appliances, weekly full/daily incremental/hourly log regimes, restore drills with documented evidence. Excellent SQL craftsmanship: complex query analysis, execution plans, stored procedure troubleshooting, with Bash or Python automation. Deep understanding of ACID guarantees, locking and concurrency control as they apply to financial ledgers, and of production data immutability rules (no destructive operations). Security and compliance discipline: DARF style access approval with SoD, PAM/MFA for privileged access, DDL/DML/DCL audit logging to SIEM, PII encryption and masking. Linux platform literacy (SUSE/Oracle Linux hardening, LVM, rsyslog) and basic Kubernetes awareness, plus SFTP/ETL and reporting pipeline support. Audit evidence production mapped to the Bangladesh Bank Guideline on ICT Security, PCI DSS and 12 year retention obligations. Maintain Incident management, change management and regular operational process