What We Offer:

• Night Shift allowance as per process
• Health Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Work Life Balance Initiatives
• Rewards & Recognition
• Internal movement through IJP

Key Responsibilities:

Database Operations and Reliability:

• Availability & Recovery (HA/DR): Design, implement, and manage robust High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions (e.g., Replication, Always On Failover Clusters, Log Shipping) to ensure minimal downtime and data loss.
• Database Migrations planning and continuity: Have experience for and responsible for migrations of database servers including Mysql 5+ to newer, MariaDB 10+ to newer, MSSQL SQL Server 2016+ to newer versions and the like all while maintaining continuity for things like stored procedures, ETLS, applications and role based accessing for both Microsoft and non-Microsoft identities.
• Governance and security: Participate and assist with Implementation of policies for role based access as well as transition plans for changes in access methodologies.
• Performance Tuning: Proactively monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and execute expert-level query, index, and server-level tuning to optimize application responsiveness and resource utilization.
• Monitoring & Alerting: Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to proactively detect and resolve performance degradation, capacity issues, and system failures.
• Maintenance & Patching: Plan, test, and execute regular database patching, version upgrades, and maintenance tasks (backups, integrity checks) during scheduled maintenance windows. This also includes documentation and standardization as well as audits.

Technical Expertise and Environment:

• Multi-Platform Management: Serve as a subject matter expert for SQL Server and MySQL database environments, with familiarity managing MongoDB clusters.
• Cloud Proficiency: Manage, deploy, and administer databases on cloud platforms, specifically utilizing services within AWS (e.g., RDS, EC2-hosted instances) and Azure (e.g., Azure SQL Database, VMs).
• Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce security best practices, including user access management, encryption, auditing, and compliance with industry standards.
• Storage & Capacity: Manage database storage needs, plan for capacity scaling, and optimize resource allocation in the cloud to control costs.

Collaboration and Automation:

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Software Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Security teams to provide database design input, troubleshoot application-related database issues, and integrate security policies.
• Automation: Develop and maintain scripts (PowerShell, Python, or Shell) to automate routine operational tasks, reporting, and deployment processes.
• IaC Integration (Preferred): Work with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to deploy and configure database infrastructure in an automated, repeatable manner.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience as an Operational or Production DBA.
• Core Database Expertise: Deep knowledge of SQL Server and MySQL architecture, internals, and advanced features (HA/DR, replication, security). Being strong in both is required.
• Cloud Operations: Proven experience administering databases hosted on either AWS or Azure (experience with both is highly preferred).
• Availability: Demonstrated commitment to participating in a 24/7 on-call rotation and responding to critical incidents outside of regular business hours.
• Technical Skills: Expert proficiency in T-SQL and/or PL/SQL and strong scripting capabilities (PowerShell, Python, or Bash).
• Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills to clearly articulate technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Education and Experience:

• Experience managing databases via Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases, specifically operational experience with MongoDB.
• Relevant industry certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Database – Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate).
• Experience in optimizing database deployments for microservices architectures.