Database Administrator

Database Administrator

Project Role : Database Administrator
Project Role Description : Design, implement and maintain databases. Install database management systems (DMBS). Develop procedures for day-to-day maintenance and problem resolution.
Must have skills : Database Management
Good to have skills : MySQL, Oracle Data Cloud, AWS Relational Database Service
Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Summary:
As an IT Database Engineer (m/f/d) within Global Data Center Operations, you design, operate, and continuously optimize enterprise grade database platforms across hybrid and multi cloud environments. You ensure performance, scalability, availability, and resilience of mission critical workloads while contributing to global standards, automation, and operational excellence. You support 24 7 operations in a globally distributed environment and act as an escalation point for complex incidents

Roles & Responsibilities:
- Expected to be an SME, collaborate and manage the team to perform.
- Responsible for team decisions.
- Engage with multiple teams and contribute on key decisions.
- Provide solutions to problems for their immediate team and across multiple teams.
- Oversee the implementation of best practices in database management to ensure data integrity and security.
- Mentor and support junior team members to enhance their skills and knowledge.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to understand database requirements and deliver effective solutions.

Professional & Technical Skills:
Design, implement, and operate enterprise database platforms including Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MS SQL across on-premises and cloud environments.
Manage and optimize AWS RDS deployments including backup/restore, replication, monitoring, configuration, and performance tuning.
Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and resilience following global architectural standards.
Perform lifecycle management including patching, upgrades, performance tuning, security hardening, and capacity planning.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates using tools such as Terraform/CloudFormation to automate provisioning and configuration.
Use Ansible for configuration management, automated deployments, compliance enforcement, and repeatable operational workflows.
Use GitLab for CI/CD pipelines, version control, and automated database deployment workflows.
Script operational tooling and automation in Python.
Support global initiatives such as data center modernization, cloud migration, platform consolidation, and legacy decommissioning.

Additional Information:
- The candidate should have minimum 5 years of experience in Database Management.
- This position is based at our Chennai office.
- A 15 years full time education is required.