Database Management Professional

Key Responsibilities:

- Administer and optimize relational and NoSQL databases across production and non-production

environments.

- Design and implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.

- Monitor database performance and proactively address bottlenecks and anomalies.

- Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure

automation.

- Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and regulatory standards (e.g., PCI DSS, SOC

2).

- Perform capacity planning and support scalability initiatives for high-volume transaction

systems.

- Develop and maintain documentation for database architecture, processes, and procedures.

- Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for database-related issues.

Qualifications:

- 7+ years of experience in database administration

- Expertise in SQL Server; experience with NoSQL databases such as CosmosDB.

- Strong proficiency in SQL, PL/pgSQL, and performance tuning techniques.

- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), including RDS, Aurora, and Redshift.

- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and monitoring

solutions (Datadog, Prometheus and Redgate).

- Knowledge of data replication, partitioning, and high-availability configurations.

- Experience implementing security controls and auditing mechanisms for sensitive data.

- Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in fintech or regulated financial services environments.

Familiarity with data warehouse integrations and analytics platforms.

Contributions to database performance optimization or open-source DBA tools.

Strong communication and documentation skills for cross-team collaboration.