Lead Database Engineer
IndiaFull-TimeLead
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Job Details
- Experience
- 12 plus years of IT experience with at least 10 plus years in database administration roles.
- Required Skills
- PostgreSQLMicrosoft SQL ServerMySQLLinux
Requirements
- 12 plus years of IT experience with at least 10 plus years in database administration roles.
- Extensive hands-on experience with MSSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL in enterprise environments.
- Strong expertise in AWS cloud services, particularly RDS, Aurora, EC2, IAM, and VPC.
- Solid experience in database performance tuning, monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
- Strong understanding of high availability and disaster recovery architectures for relational databases.
- Experience working with Linux and Windows server environments.
- Knowledge of SQL Server Reporting Services and ability to troubleshoot reporting issues.
- Experience with automation, scripting, and managing cloud-based database infrastructure.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred.
- Experience in banking or financial services environments is an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Manage, maintain, and optimize MSSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases deployed across AWS cloud environments.
- Ensure high availability, disaster recovery readiness, backup, and restoration processes are fully operational and aligned with enterprise standards.
- Monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement tuning strategies for RDS and Aurora-based systems.
- Execute database installations, upgrades, schema changes, and production deployments while ensuring minimal disruption.
- Develop and enforce database security standards, access controls, and compliance practices across environments.
- Automate repetitive database operations and improve operational efficiency through scripting and tooling.
- Collaborate with DevOps, support, and engineering teams to resolve incidents, manage on-call responsibilities, and maintain SLAs.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor junior DBAs, and help define best practices for database operations and support.
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