Database Administrator - IT Operations Management

Job Summary

The Database Administrator (DBA) will be responsible for the administration, security, performance, availability, and governance of the organization's database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. The role requires strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS RDS, and high-availability architectures, with Oracle exposure being an added advantage. The incumbent will own database operations, performance optimization, backup and recovery, disaster recovery readiness, security compliance, automation initiatives, and database infrastructure modernization.

Key Responsibilities

Database Administration & Performance Management

• Administer, maintain, secure, and optimize SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS RDS, and Oracle databases.
• Manage database lifecycle activities including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning.
• Monitor database health, availability, resource utilization, query performance, indexing strategies, and capacity planning.
• Perform performance tuning, bottleneck analysis, execution plan reviews, and optimization of production, DR, UAT, and development environments.
  
  

AWS RDS & Cloud Database Operations

• Administer AWS RDS environments, including parameter groups, option groups, snapshots, backup policies, maintenance windows, security configurations, and storage management.
• Support on-premises to cloud migrations and optimize cloud database architectures for performance, scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Drive AWS database cost optimization initiatives.
  
  

Backup, Recovery & Disaster Recovery

• Design and manage enterprise backup, recovery, retention, and archival strategies aligned to defined RPO/RTO objectives.
• Conduct restoration testing, backup validation, DR drills, failover testing, and recovery exercises.
• Manage replication, clustering, Always-On Availability Groups, log shipping, standby environments, and synchronization mechanisms.
• Maintain documentation, SOP, test reports, and operational readiness of DC and DR environments.
  
  

Database Security, Compliance & Governance

• Implement database security controls including access management, auditing, encryption, activity monitoring, privilege management, and hardening.
• Support vulnerability remediation, security reviews, compliance audits, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure adherence to organizational standards for data retention, data protection, and governance.
  
  

Monitoring, Automation & Collaboration

• Implement monitoring, alerts, dashboards, health reports, utilization reporting, and proactive risk management practices.
• Drive automation of routine database administration and maintenance activities.
• Support application deployments, upgrades, modernization projects, architecture reviews, and database migrations.
• Act as the escalation point for critical incidents and provide technical guidance to junior team members.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5–8 years of hands-on experience managing enterprise database environments with high-availability requirements.
• Proven experience supporting cloud-hosted databases, particularly AWS RDS.
  
  

Mandatory Technical Skills

Microsoft SQL Server

• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• AWS RDS
• Database Performance Tuning
• Query Optimization
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery
• Backup & Recovery
• Replication Technologies
• Database Security & Hardening
• SQL Scripting & Stored Procedures
• Capacity Planning
• Database Monitoring
• Database Migration & Upgrade Management
• Windows & Linux Server Administration.
  
  

Preferred Skills & Certifications

Skills: Oracle Database Administration, PowerShell/Shell/Python Automation, AWS Cloud Services, Infrastructure Monitoring Platforms, DevOps & CI/CD Concepts, Database Automation Tools.

Certifications: Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AWS Database Specialty/Associate, MySQL Administration, Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or equivalent.

Core Competencies

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, database performance engineering expertise, ownership mindset, operational excellence, incident management capability, documentation proficiency, stakeholder management, and proactive risk mitigation.

Working Conditions

Participation in database upgrades, migrations, DR exercises, maintenance windows, on-call support, critical incident response, and business continuity activities outside standard business hours may be required.