Database Administrator

Overview

Database Operations & Administration

• Install, configure, upgrade, and operate database platforms across on premises, Azure, and GCP environments.
• Perform day to day database administration including user management, backup, recovery, and patching.
• Ensure platform stability and operational readiness.

Multi Cloud & Hybrid Database Management

• Operate and support hybrid and multi cloud database environments integrating on premises, Azure, and GCP platforms.
• Support native cloud database services such as Azure SQL, Azure Managed Instance, Azure Fabric, and Google Cloud databases.
• Ensure seamless connectivity and integration between platforms.

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

• Configure and maintain high availability and disaster recovery solutions for mission critical databases.
• Monitor replication, clustering, failover, and backup mechanisms.
• Participate in DR planning, testing, and continuous improvement activities.

Performance & Capacity Management

• Monitor database performance and proactively resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Perform tuning of queries, indexes, storage, and configurations for large scale SQL environments.
• Support capacity planning and growth forecasting.

Data Warehouse & Data Lake Operations

• Operate and support enterprise data warehouses and data lakes.
• Ensure high availability, operational stability, and performance optimization for analytics platforms.
• Support data refresh, loading, and scheduling processes.

Security, Compliance & Access Control

• Implement and enforce database security controls including access management, encryption, auditing, and logging.
• Support vulnerability management, patching, and security hardening activities.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security and data protection policies.

Project Support & Continuous Improvement

• Support database projects including new deployments, migrations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives.
• Automate routine operations and contribute to standard operating procedures.
• Maintain accurate documentation and operational runbooks.

Stakeholder & Team Collaboration

• Work closely with Systems Architect Lead, application teams, and infrastructure teams.
• Support business users and application owners with database related requirements.
• Communicate technical issues clearly and professionally.

Qualification-

• 6–8 years of experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments.
• Strong hands on experience with SQL databases in high availability, high performance environments
• Experience supporting on premises, hybrid, and multi cloud database platforms (Azure and/or GCP).
• Practical experience in backup, recovery, replication, performance tuning, and database operations.
• Exposure to enterprise data warehouse and analytics platforms is highly desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications are preferred, such as:
• – Microsoft Azure Database / Data certifications
• – Google Cloud Database or Data Engineer certifications
• – ITIL Foundation or equivalent (desirable)
• Strong expertise in SQL Server and enterprise grade relational databases.
• Hands on experience with Azure SQL, Azure Managed Instance, Azure Fabric, and Google Cloud databases.
• Solid understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, and database security concepts.
• Experience with database monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning tools.
• Knowledge of automation, scripting, and operational best practices.
• Good communication, documentation, and teamwork skills.