Database Administrator

Role Overview

Database Administrator (DBA)

The ideal candidate should be hands-on, dependable, and comfortable working in production environments while collaborating closely with engineering and DevOps teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide

  L3 database support

  for production and business-critical issues.
• Perform advanced DBA activities including:
• Performance monitoring and tuning
• Query optimization
• Capacity planning
• Backup, restore, and recovery management
• Diagnose and resolve

  complex database incidents

  , including data consistency, locking, blocking, and performance degradation issues.
• Support

  patching, upgrades, and security hardening

  of database systems.
• Assist development teams with:
• Schema design reviews
• Query optimization guidance
• Best practices for database usage
• Participate in incident root cause analysis (RCA) and recommend preventive measures.
• Provide support during

  escalations and peak workloads

  as per agreed SLAs.
• Maintain basic documentation for configurations, SOPs, and known issues.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience as a

  DBA

  with one or more of the following:

• Oracle

• Microsoft SQL Server

• MySQL

• PostgreSQL

• Proven experience providing

  L3 support in production environments

  .
• Deep understanding of:
• Database performance tuning and optimization
• Backup and recovery strategies
• Security, access control, and auditing
• High availability and disaster recovery concepts
• Ability to troubleshoot under pressure and work independently.
• Good communication skills for collaborating with developers and stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting

  cloud-hosted databases

  (Azure / AWS / OCI).
• Exposure to

  DevOps pipelines

  , monitoring tools, and automation.
• Prior experience working in

  retainer or on-call DBA support models

  .