Job Description

About Zeta

Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. It was founded by Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.

Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 20M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.

Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.

Zeta has over 1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. We raised $280 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from Softbank, Mastercard, and other investors in 2021.

Learn more @ www.zeta.tech, careers.zeta.tech, Linkedin, Twitter

What would you do here?

• Assist in the deployment, configuration, and management of cloud-based database systems on Amazon RDS
• Set up and configure monitoring and alerting tools to continuously monitor the health, performance, and availability of cloud databases.
• Respond to alerts and incidents, working to minimize downtime and performance degradation.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and infrastructure as code (IAC) templates (e.g., using Terraform) to automate routine database tasks, deployments, and updates.
• Participate in on-call rotations to respond to database-related incidents and perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining security best practices for cloud databases, including access controls, encryption, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Regularly audit and assess database security configurations.
• Configure and manage database backup and recovery strategies to ensure data integrity and availability in case of failures or data loss.
• Analyze database query performance and collaborate with developers to optimize SQL queries and schemas.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the reliability, scalability, and performance of cloud databases.
• Assist in the design and optimization of database schemas for cloud environments.

What are we looking for?

• 1-5 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proficiency in managing and administering PostgreSQL database systems in Amazon RDS
• Strong SQL skills for writing and optimizing database queries.
• Experience with AWS platform and Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools for DB systems (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana,) is beneficial.
• Ability to write scripts (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automation and infrastructure as code (IAC) for provisioning and managing cloud resources.
• Knowledge of database security best practices, including access controls, encryption, and compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
• Having ‘AWS Certified Database - Specialty' certification is a plus