Deputy Vice President (DVP) - Database Engineering & Administration

Deputy Vice President (DVP) - Database Engineering & Administration

Role Summary

National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) is seeking an experienced and visionary Deputy Vice President (DVP) - Database Engineering & Administration to lead the organization's database engineering strategy, architecture, operational excellence, security, and modernization initiatives.

The role is responsible for defining and governing enterprise database platforms supporting mission-critical financial systems, ensuring high availability, performance, scalability, security, and regulatory compliance. The incumbent will provide strategic leadership for database architecture, performance engineering, disaster recovery, database modernization, and large-scale transformation initiatives while leading high-performing database teams and partnering with business and technology leadership.

This role requires a strong combination of hands-on MySQL expertise, enterprise architecture experience, leadership capability, and strategic thinking.

Candidate Profile

We are seeking a highly accomplished database technology leader with a strong blend of database architecture, database administration, performance engineering, platform modernization, and people leadership experience.

The ideal candidate should have:

• 10-15+ years of experience in Database Administration, Database Engineering, Database Architecture, or related technology leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in MySQL 8.0, SQL optimization, database performance tuning, replication, clustering, and high-availability architectures.
• Proven experience managing enterprise-scale, high-volume transactional database environments.
• Strong experience in database migration, modernization, upgrades, sharding, partitioning, archival, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Proven leadership experience managing DBA and Database Engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of database governance, security, compliance, audit, and risk management practices.
• Experience working in regulated and mission-critical environments such as Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments, Exchanges, Depositories, or Financial Market Infrastructure institutions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage effectively with CXOs, senior business leaders, auditors, regulators, and technology teams.
• A demonstrated track record of driving technology transformation, operational excellence, and database modernization initiatives.

Preferred Background

• Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Capital Markets, Exchanges, Depositories, Payment Platforms, or Financial Market Infrastructure Institutions.
• Exposure to Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure), DevOps practices, observability tools, and enterprise modernization programs.
• Relevant Database, Cloud, Architecture, Security, or ITIL certifications.

Key Responsibilities

1. Database Strategy & Architecture Leadership

• Define and drive the enterprise database strategy aligned with NeSL's business and technology roadmap.
• Establish database architecture standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Lead database modernization, transformation, and optimization initiatives.
• Ensure scalability, resilience, and sustainability of database platforms.
• Serve as the organization's subject matter expert for database architecture and strategy.

2. Database Engineering & Performance Excellence

• Provide leadership for database administration and engineering functions across production and non-production environments.
• Lead the design and optimization of complex SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, triggers, views, indexes, and database objects.
• Drive database performance engineering and optimization initiatives for high-volume transactional and reporting systems.
• Develop capacity planning, growth forecasting, and database scalability strategies.
• Establish proactive monitoring and performance management practices.

3. High Availability, Resilience & Disaster Recovery

• Design and oversee highly available, fault-tolerant, and resilient database architectures.
• Lead implementation of replication, clustering, failover, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Define and govern backup, recovery, and restoration strategies, including MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB).
• Ensure Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) requirements are consistently achieved.
• Lead periodic disaster recovery drills and business continuity assessments.

4. Database Security, Governance & Compliance

• Define and implement database security standards and governance controls.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, audit, information security, and data governance requirements.
• Establish controls around access management, encryption, monitoring, auditing, and data protection.
• Partner with Information Security, Compliance, and Risk teams to manage database-related risks.

5. Database Modernization & Data Platform Initiatives

• Lead initiatives involving:
• Database Migration
• Database Upgrades
• Database Consolidation
• Data Archival
• Data Lifecycle Management
• Sharding and Partitioning
• Cloud Readiness
• Automation and Self-Healing Solutions
• Drive continuous improvement and operational efficiency across the database landscape.

6. Incident, Problem & Risk Management

• Act as the senior escalation point for critical database and production incidents.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action programs.
• Manage operational and technology risks associated with database platforms.
• Ensure timely resolution of business-critical incidents with minimal business impact.
• Provide executive-level incident communication and reporting.

7. Stakeholder & Leadership Management

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Development, Infrastructure, DevOps, Security, Operations, Finance, and Business teams.
• Present strategic recommendations, risk assessments, and roadmap updates to senior leadership.
• Support technology planning, budgeting, capacity forecasting, and investment decisions.
• Act as a trusted advisor on database and data platform strategy.

8. Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead, mentor, and develop DBA and Database Engineering teams.
• Build a culture of technical excellence, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Define team goals, KPIs, competency frameworks, and succession plans.
• Establish engineering standards, operational procedures, and development best practices.
• Drive technical capability enhancement and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Required Technical Expertise

Core Skills

• Deep expertise in MySQL 8.0 Administration, Engineering, and Architecture
• Advanced SQL Development and Query Optimization
• Relational Database Design and Data Modeling
• Query Execution Plan Analysis
• Index Design and Performance Optimization
• Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers, Views, and Events
• Database Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning

Advanced Database Engineering

• Replication Architecture
• High Availability Solutions
• Database Clustering
• Sharding & Partitioning
• Data Archival Strategies
• Database Migration & Upgrade Programs
• Backup & Recovery Frameworks
• MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB)

Security & Governance

• Database Security Controls
• Access Governance
• Audit & Compliance Management
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• Business Continuity Frameworks

Preferred Technology Exposure

• AWS and/or Azure Cloud Platforms
• DevOps and CI/CD Integration
• Database Monitoring & Observability Tools
• Linux Administration
• Enterprise Data Platforms

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Technology Leadership
• Enterprise Architecture Thinking
• Executive Stakeholder Management
• People Leadership and Team Development
• Risk and Governance Management
• Strong Business Acumen
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Excellence
• Decision-Making Under Pressure
• Communication and Influencing Skills
• Execution Excellence with Strong Ownership Mindset

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Success in this role will be measured through:

• Database Availability of 99.95% or higher
• Reduction in performance bottlenecks and critical incidents
• Successful disaster recovery readiness and recovery testing
• Delivery of database modernization and transformation programs
• Security, compliance, and audit adherence
• Database platform scalability and resilience improvements
• Technology risk mitigation and governance effectiveness
• Infrastructure and database cost optimization
• Team capability development and leadership effectiveness
• Successful delivery of strategic database initiatives

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Preferred Certifications

• MySQL Database Administrator / Architect Certifications
• AWS Database Specialty Certification
• Microsoft Azure Database Certifications
• TOGAF or Enterprise Architecture Certifications
• ITIL Foundation Certification
• Information Security Certifications

Experience Profile

Required Experience

• 10-15+ years of experience in Database Engineering, Database Administration, Database Architecture, and Performance Engineering.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience leading DBA or Database Engineering teams.
• Proven experience managing enterprise-scale, mission-critical production database environments.

Preferred Domain Experience

• Banking & Financial Services
• Financial Market Infrastructure Institutions
• FinTech
• Payments
• Exchanges
• Depositories
• Other highly regulated enterprises

Preferred Experience

• Managing high-volume transactional systems and databases.
• Leading enterprise-wide database modernization and transformation programs.
• Designing highly available and resilient database platforms.
• Working within regulated, audited, and compliance-driven environments.
• Managing large-scale database migration, upgrade, and consolidation initiatives.

Why Join NeSL?

Join India's pioneering Information Utility and play a strategic leadership role in shaping the database architecture and data platform ecosystem powering critical financial infrastructure. This is a unique opportunity to lead large-scale database transformation, modernization, resilience, security, and engineering excellence initiatives that support some of the country's most important financial systems.

Position: DVP - Database Engineering & Administration
Location: Bengaluru
Experience: 10-15+ Years
Domain Preference: Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments, Exchanges, Depositories
Technology Focus: MySQL 8.0 | Database Architecture | Performance Engineering | High Availability | Clustering | Security | Disaster Recovery | Modernization | Database Governance | Leadership & Strategy

To Apply
Email your resume to [email removed] with Subject line  Deputy Vice President (DVP) – Database Engineering & Administration.