Senior Database Administrator – Database Platform

Location: Pune, India

Department: Software Development

Experience: 7+ Years

Skills: DBA, GCP, PostgreSQL

About the Role :

Key Responsibilities :

Database Administration

• Deploy, configure, maintain, patch, and upgrade SQL Server and PostgreSQL database environments across development, testing, and production.
• Ensure database servers are securely configured and aligned with operational standards.
• Manage backup, restore, and maintenance strategies to ensure data protection and system availability.
• Support and maintain database platforms across multiple environments.

Cloud Database Management

• Deploy and manage database infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Provision and manage database servers using Compute Engine virtual machines and managed services such as Cloud SQL.
• Configure networking, storage, security, and access controls for cloud-hosted database environments.
• Implement backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies for cloud-based database systems.

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

• Design, implement, and maintain high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Configure and support database replication technologies, including transactional replication where required.
• Work with technologies such as SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, and PostgreSQL replication.
• Conduct regular testing of backup and recovery procedures.

Monitoring & Operations

• Implement and maintain database monitoring and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, SQL Monitor, or similar platforms.
• Proactively monitor database performance, availability, and operational health.
• Provide database platform expertise and operational support to engineering teams.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems.
• Support out-of-hours deployments, maintenance, and operational activities when required.

Performance Optimization

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve database performance issues.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize SQL queries, indexing strategies, and database schema design.
• Continuously improve database performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Automation & Platform Tooling

• Develop automation and tooling for database provisioning, patching, backup management, and routine maintenance.
• Reduce manual operational work by implementing repeatable and automated database processes.
• Maintain automation scripts, configurations, and operational tooling in version-controlled repositories.
• Apply engineering practices such as source control, code reviews, and CI/CD to database automation and operational workflows.

Governance & Collaboration

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of database standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Ensure strong database security, access control, and auditing practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and application teams to support database performance and reliability.

Required Skills & Experience :

• Strong production administration experience with SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Experience deploying and managing database infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Knowledge of GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, persistent storage, networking, and IAM.
• Strong experience designing and supporting High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) architectures.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups and Failover Clustering.
• Knowledge of database replication technologies, including transactional replication.
• Experience with database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, backup, and recovery.
• Strong understanding of database security and access control best practices.
• Experience implementing monitoring and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, SQL Monitor, or similar database observability platforms.
• Experience automating database administration tasks using PowerShell, Python, or similar scripting languages.
• Familiarity with Git, version control, and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, infrastructure, and application development teams.

Preferred Skills :

• Experience with additional database technologies such as Couchbase or CockroachDB.
• Experience managing large-scale database platforms supporting multiple engineering teams.
• Strong focus on automation, platform engineering, and reducing manual operational work.

What We’re Looking For :

• A technically strong DBA with a focus on building reliable and scalable database platforms.
• Someone who takes ownership of database performance, availability, and operational efficiency.
• A professional with a strong automation mindset and experience improving operational processes.
• A collaborative team member who can work effectively with developers, engineers, and infrastructure teams.

Equal Opportunity :