Database Engineer

Job Title: DB Automation Specialist (Terraform | Ansible | On-Prem | Databases)

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About the Role

DB Automation Specialist

This is a technical, hands-on role focused on building scalable, repeatable, and automated DB provisioning workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop

  automated workflows

  for provisioning databases using

  Terraform and Ansible

  .
• Implement on-prem DB provisioning including

  storage, networking, virtualization, and OS-level dependencies

  .
• Automate DB deployments in

  cloud IaaS

  (AWS/Azure/GCP) including VM creation, network configuration, and bootstrap scripts.
• Build and maintain

  CI/CD pipelines

  (Jenkins/GitLab) for DB provisioning and infrastructure automation.
• Create and maintain

  Helm charts / Operators

  (optional) for database automation.
• Automate installation, configuration, initialization, patching, and upgrades for multiple DB engines.
  
• Integrate provisioning workflows with

  backup tools, monitoring agents, exporters, logging agents

  , etc.
• Troubleshoot provisioning failures and optimize automation for speed, reliability, and idempotency.
  
• Collaborate with DBAs, Infrastructure, DevOps, and Cloud teams to define standardized provisioning patterns.
  
• Maintain documentation, architecture diagrams, and best practices for DB automation processes.
  

Required Skills

Automation & IaC

• Strong experience with

  Terraform

  (modules, workspaces, state management).
• Expert in

  Ansible

  (playbooks, roles, inventories, orchestration).
• Hands-on with

  CI/CD tools

  (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Scripting knowledge:

  Shell / Python

  (added advantage).

Database Expertise

• Experience automating provisioning/configuration for at least

  two

  of:
• PostgreSQL
  
• Oracle
  
• MySQL / MariaDB
  
• MongoDB
  
• Understanding of DB clustering, HA, replication, users/roles, backup/restore mechanisms.
  

Platform Skills

• Strong experience with

  on-prem infrastructure

  :
• Storage (SAN/NAS/LVM)
  
• Networking (VLAN, firewall, DNS)
  
• Virtualization (VMware/KVM)
  
• OS provisioning (Linux)
  
• Experience with

  Cloud IaaS

  (AWS/Azure/GCP) VM, VPC, security groups, volumes.

Integration Experience

• Backup tools (NetBackup, Commvault, RMAN, pgBackRest, etc.)
  
• Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, OEM, etc.)
  

Good to Have

• Kubernetes / Helm / Operators for DB workloads.
  
• Experience in SRE / DevOps environments.
  
• Knowledge of REST APIs and automation frameworks.
  

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
  
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Infra, DBA, and Cloud teams.
  
• Excellent documentation and communication.