Who are we looking for
A Senior Database SME with 1012 years of experience working as a database technical SPOC for BAU operations. He/She should have handled and have strong experience in managing large/complex database systems for an enterprise client.
Technical Skills:
- 1012 years of experience in database administration overseeing the performance security and scalability of large complex database systems.
- Expertise in managing and optimizing various databases such as MSSQL SQL Server Oracle PostgreSQL etc.
- Extensive experience in troubleshooting resolving and preventing complex database performance security and operational issues.
- Strong knowledge in architecting implementing and managing robust backup restore and disaster recovery strategies to ensure business continuity.
- Expertise in advanced performance tuning query optimization and database resource management for largescale systems.
- Indepth experience in applying patches updates and configuration changes ensuring minimal downtime and maintaining database stability.
- Strong command of database security practices including encryption auditing user access control and regulatory compliance.
- Proven ability to manage and optimize database capacity planning ensuring high performance and cost efficiency.
- Extensive experience in implementing and managing high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions for critical systems.
- Leads and oversees database migrations upgrades and consolidations ensuring smooth transitions with minimal impact on business operations.
- Proactively monitors and analyzes database logs identifying issues trends and opportunities for optimization.
- Develops and implements automation processes for routine database maintenance and operational tasks.
- Provides leadership and expert guidance in troubleshooting complex database issues guiding junior and senior team members.
- Ensures alignment with industry best practices compliance standards and organizational database management policies.
- Leads database audits and ensures adherence to data protection and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Mentors and trains database engineers sharing expert knowledge and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Process Skills:
- Strong knowledge of ITIL and worked on incidents/changes/problems regularly.
- Strong database skills in assisting juniors in troubleshooting DBrelated issues.
Expert knowledge of Critical incident management and SLA management.
Behavioral Skills:
- Effective interpersonal teambuilding and communication skills
- Able to thrive in rapid environment and adopt new technology Fastly.
Qualification:
- Bachelors or masters degree preferably in Computer Science or Information Systems and /or equivalent formal training or work experience.
- 1012 years of relevant experience in Database Infrastructure.
- Must have a Database certification (Either on MS SQL (or) SQL Server (or) Oracle)