Senior Database Administrator

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain enterprise database platforms to ensure availability, performance, security, and reliability
• Perform database installation, upgrades, patching, backup, recovery, and routine maintenance
• Monitor and optimize database performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement SQL and database tuning improvements
• Manage High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), replication, and clustering solutions to ensure business continuity
• Lead database migrations, upgrades, modernization initiatives, and capacity planning activities
• Implement database security controls, hardening, auditing, encryption, and compliance measures
• Support and optimize cloud-based database platforms and services, including AWS database solutions
• Develop scripts and automation to improve operational efficiency, standardization, and database management
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams to deliver reliable and scalable database solutions
• Maintain technical documentation, support critical production incidents, and drive continuous service improvement

Person Specifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
• 4+ years of hands-on Database Administration experience in enterprise production environments
• Experience with Oracle/Tibero, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL database platforms
• Strong knowledge of database administration, SQL optimization, performance tuning, backup and recovery, replication, clustering, HA, and DR
• Experience in database installation, upgrades, patching, security hardening, and production support
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and scripting skills
• Familiarity with AWS database services, including RDS, Aurora, EC2, and AWS Backup
• Exposure to MongoDB or other NoSQL databases, cloud migration, and database modernization is an advantage
• Knowledge of database monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus is desirable
• Relevant database, cloud, or infrastructure certifications are advantageous
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to support mission-critical systems

Vendor submissions - 12 months