Database Administrator

As a Database Administrator in Bangalore, your role will involve ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of the database infrastructure. You will work closely with application teams to integrate solutions seamlessly with database systems. Your responsibilities will include analyzing solutions, implementing best practices for MySQL and PostgreSQL data stores, and enforcing database security, backup, and recovery protocols. Additionally, you will focus on observability of database metrics, provide expertise to engineering teams, and collaborate with peers to roll out changes to the production environment. Key Responsibilities: - Ensure reliability, performance, and scalability of the database infrastructure - Collaborate with application teams for seamless integration with database systems - Analyze solutions and implement best practices for MySQL and PostgreSQL data stores - Develop and enforce database security, backup, and recovery protocols - Focus on observability of database metrics to achieve database objectives - Provide database expertise to engineering teams and assist in database-related production incidents - Automate database infrastructure and provide self-service tools for engineering success - Participate in OnCall support rotation with the team - Support and troubleshoot database production issues across services and stack levels - Document actions for learning, repeatability, and automation - Perform system monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning for scalability - Create and maintain documentation on database configurations, processes, and procedures Qualifications Required: - 2-4 years of experience in running MySQL/PostgreSQL databases in large environments - Awareness of cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) - Knowledge of MySQL/PostgreSQL internals and load balancing solutions like ProxySQL - Familiarity with tools and methods for monitoring database performance - Strong problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment - Excellent communication and collaboration skills for effective teamwork - Proficiency in caching technologies like Redis/Elasticache and scripting languages such as Python - Experience with infrastructure automation using Terraform/Ansible - Understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines In addition to the responsibilities and qualifications mentioned above, there are no additional details about the company in the job description.,