<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Who We Are</strong></h3> <p>VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a <strong>Human First</strong> philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore. </p> <p>VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. </p> <p>For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.vml.com/" data-outlook-id="d4b7d1c3-8ad6-4b6d-ab45-d3cb5a3aebe1">www.vml.com </a>and follow along on <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A_www.linkedin.com_company_vml_-5F-5F-3B-21-21JboVxjCXSME-21OhlpCfbkl1UcWPwns1-2DGtvHOzFh0QwHV49fsPgGw-2DVCCU1bCg8aQFI9vN-2Dy-2DVwaQcITH2j2XKzGKBIFRLYf2AUWVYY1dFGK6-24&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=zouFnm4jZMgDFaYF1uVcRY3rbgHWPca_luUrBUkT6Yc&m=QzcCgXCAOjzj5hiU48_CKOdHRSJ4_YpuqfviT9yjlzH5VrkzySTZ-WaQXlYAnj4W&s=jJ7q5V70u9oUx7ONPm5jC3IK8y6vxDilX6BGTlqlWlA&e=" data-outlook-id="a3ef68bf-16fb-4ebc-9ca9-406007d6cefc">LinkedIn</a> #WeAreVML.</p></div><p> </p> <p>The opportunity We're seeking a Cloud & Platform DBA/Database Reliability Engineer to operate, optimize and secure both managed and self‑managed databases that power high‑traffic ecommerce sites. You'll work primarily across AWS and GCP, while also supporting a smaller estate of hosted/on‑prem databases.<br><br>Your mission: high availability, performance, security/compliance and cost efficiency—especially during peak events.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll be doing:</strong></p> <p>Operate managed databases (cloud):</p> <ul> <li>AWS RDS/Aurora (MySQL/PostgreSQL), Google Cloud SQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB ,DB2 , Oracle.</li> <li>Indexing, query plan analysis, schema design for OLTP, connection pool and concurrency tuning.</li> <li>Build and support self‑managed databases (hosted/on‑prem/VMs):</li> <li>Oracle 19c, IBM DB2 LUW 9.5–11.5, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB on Linux/Unix/Windows.</li> <li>Installation, patching, upgrades, parameter/kernel tuning, storage layout (e.g., ASM/LVM), backup/restore.</li> </ul> <p>High availability, resilience and DR:</p> <ul> <li>Cloud: Multi‑AZ, read replicas, Aurora Global Database, cross‑region replication, RDS Proxy; PITR/snapshots; tested RTO/RPO.</li> <li>Self‑managed: Oracle Data Guard (and/or RAC exposure), DB2 HADR, MySQL replication/Group Replication/XtraDB Cluster, MongoDB replica sets/sharding; RMAN, XtraBackup, db2 backup utilities.</li> <li>Support for prod and nonprod env, which require backup and restore along with obfuscation of the sensitive data.</li> <li>skilled for writting sql/plsql code</li> </ul> <p>Automation and change management:</p> <ul> <li>Terraform/CloudFormation for cloud, Ansible for self‑managed, GitOps workflows.</li> <li>CI/CD for database changes (Flyway/Liquibase), standards, drift detection, automated patching and failover.</li> <li>Observability and performance engineering:</li> <li>CloudWatch/Cloud Monitoring, RDS Performance Insights, pg_stat_statements, MySQL Performance Schema, Oracle AWR/ASH/Statspack/OEM, DB2 MON/Explain, Datadog/New Relic/Prometheus/Grafana.</li> <li>Capacity planning, load/soak testing for peak (e.g., BFCM), SLOs for latency/availability/throughput, post‑incident reviews.</li> </ul> <p>Security, compliance and governance:</p> <ul> <li>IAM least privilege, secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager/HashiCorp Vault), audit logging.</li> <li>PCI‑DSS and GDPR controls, data retention/masking, change control and approvals.</li> <li>Cost and capacity stewardship:</li> <li>Cloud: right‑sizing instances/storage/IOPS, reserved vs on‑demand/serverless choices, DynamoDB capacity modes, cost anomaly detection.</li> <li>Self‑managed: capacity forecasting and scaling plans; basic license awareness for enterprise platforms.</li> </ul> <p>Architecture collaboration:</p> <ul> <li>Schema evolution, query patterns, caching strategies (Redis/Memcached), read/write segregation.</li> <li>Guidance on ORM usage and connection pools; patterns for microservices and event‑driven systems (Kafka/Kinesis/Pub/Sub).</li> </ul> <p>Operations and ways of working:</p> <ul> <li>Partner with development, support and architecture teams; maintain clear runbooks and documentation.</li> <li>Participate in a 24/7 on‑call rotation; lead incident response and preventative actions.</li> <li>Support and plan migrations between self‑managed and managed services with validation and rollback paths.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What we want from you:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Hands‑on production experience with managed relational databases in AWS or GCP (RDS/Aurora or Cloud SQL) using MySQL or PostgreSQL.</li> <li>Experience administering at least one self‑managed enterprise RDBMS in