Data Cloud Platform Engineer (DBA)

🎯 Join INTRALOT as a Data Cloud Platform Engineer (DBA) – AWS Infrastructure

At INTRALOT, we shape the future of gaming through innovation and technology. Our global presence, diverse culture, and dynamic teams set the foundation for a people‑first strategy. We’re looking for a Data Cloud Platform Engineer (DBA) who is passionate about transforming the gaming industry with scalable, reliable, cutting‑edge systems.

Your Role

As a Data Cloud Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the day‑to‑day operation, stability, and continuous improvement of existing database platforms running on AWS. You will ensure databases remain secure, highly available, performant, and recoverable, supporting production workloads and business‑critical applications.

🛠️ Operate & Support Existing AWS Databases

• Support and maintain production databases running on Amazon RDS, Aurora, and self‑managed databases on EC2.
• Ensure database availability, integrity, and performance across multiple environments.
• Respond to database‑related incidents, alerts, and service degradations.

🔍 Monitor, Troubleshoot & Optimize Performance

• Monitor database health, performance, capacity, and replication using CloudWatch, Performance Insights, and native database tools.
• Diagnose and resolve performance issues such as slow queries, locking, resource contention, and replication lag.
• Perform capacity planning and proactive tuning.

🔐 Security, Backup & Data Protection

• Enforce database security best practices (access controls, encryption at rest and in transit, credential management).
• Manage and validate backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Support compliance, audit, and data protection requirements.

⚙️ Automation & Infrastructure as Code (Incremental)

• Maintain and improve database provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Automate routine DBA tasks such as backups, patching coordination, health checks, and reporting.
• Reduce manual operations while ensuring operational safety.

📈 Change Management & Upgrades

• Plan and execute database upgrades, patching, and configuration changes with minimal service disruption.
• Coordinate changes with application, DevOps, and platform teams.
• Participate in release planning and change control processes.

📚 Documentation & Operational Hygiene

• Maintain accurate database documentation, schemas, runbooks, and recovery procedures.
• Ensure operational standards and best practices are documented and followed.
• Perform housekeeping activities to keep environments clean and supportable.

🤝 Collaborate Across Teams

• Work closely with application developers to support schema changes, query optimization, and release readiness.
• Partner with DevOps and Platform teams on availability, automation, and monitoring improvements.
• Provide database expertise during incidents and post‑incident reviews.

What You’ll Bring

🎓 Education & Experience

• A College Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in Database Administration supporting production systems.

🔧 Technical Skills (AWS‑Focused)

• AWS Databases: Amazon RDS, Aurora (MySQL/PostgreSQL), self‑managed DBs on EC2.
• Database Engines: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server.
• Monitoring & Performance: CloudWatch, Performance Insights, query analysis tools.
• Backup & Recovery: Automated backups, snapshots, point‑in‑time recovery, DR testing.
• Security: IAM integration, encryption, secrets management.
• Automation & IaC: Terraform / CloudFormation exposure preferred.

🧠 Mindset & Working Style

• Operations‑driven with strong troubleshooting skills.
• Detail‑oriented and reliability‑focused.
• Comfortable supporting existing/legacy database environments.
• Automation‑minded and improvement‑oriented.
• Clear communicator with a documentation‑first mindset.
• Fluent in English and French (Fluent/optionally), able to coordinate across teams delivering thrilling player experiences.

Nice to Have

• Experience with high‑availability and multi‑AZ architectures.
• Exposure to database replication and migration strategies.
• Familiarity with SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs, incident management).
• AWS certifications (e.g., Database Specialty, Solutions Architect).

Apply now

Help us build the future of talent at INTRALOT.

About Us

INTRALOT is a publicly listed company established in 1992, a leading gaming solutions supplier and operator active in 40 regulated jurisdictions worldwide. With a global workforce of approximately 1,700 employees, INTRALOT is committed to redefining innovation and quality of services in the lottery and gaming sector, while supporting operators in raising funds for good causes.

INTRALOT has been awarded the prestigious WLA Responsible Gaming Framework Certification by the World Lottery Association. We always act with integrity and enjoy what we do.

Why Join Us

• 💻 Hybrid working model.
• 🏥 Private Insurance for you and your family.
• 📚 An extensive training program upon induction and throughout employment.
• 🚀 Exceptional opportunities to learn and develop in a multinational environment.
• 🌎 Prospects for professional growth both locally and globally.

Employment Eligibility Verification

Must possess valid documentation to establish identity and U.S. employment eligibility.

Security Requirements

Submission to, and ability to pass, a thorough pre‑employment background check by the required State or District Lottery and Intralot, Inc. is a requirement of employment. A pre‑employment drug screening is also a requirement.

Intralot, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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