Company Size

Large-scale / Global

Experience Required

8 - 12 years

Working Days

5 days/week

Office Location

Remote Working

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage multiple RDBMS platforms (MSSQL (Primary), MySQL, and Postgres, etc.) through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
• Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.
• Apply data modeling techniques to ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations.
• Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real-time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.
• Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes.
• Assist developers with complex query tuning and schema refinement.
• Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members.
• Provide rotation-based 24/7 on-call support for unplanned outages and planned maintenance/release events.
• Collect and report database performance KPIs on a regular basis.

Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of database administration experience, preferably in MSSQL (primary), MySQL, and Postgres.
• At least 2 years of cloud-based database administration experience.
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database problems.
• Experience in implementing operational automation using scripts.
• Hands-on experience with SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, and PowerShell.
• Extensive experience with Windows/SQL Server Clustering (On Physical & Cloud-based VMs), Always On, Replication, and Mirroring.
• Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PaaS & IaaS).
• Experience with backups, restores, and recovery models.
• Knowledge of High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for SQL Server.
• Experience working with Windows Server, including Active Directory.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Flexible team player with a “get-it-done” personality.
• Ability to organize and plan work independently.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to multi-task and context-switch effectively between different activities and teams.