Technical Lead- DBA

Company Name: Concord Arabia (Sure Tech)

Job Role: Technical Lead DBA

Experience: 5–8 Years

Location: Chennai

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

Concord Arabia (Sure Tech) is looking for an experienced Technical Lead – Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, optimize, secure, and support enterprise database environments. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in SQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL, along with the ability to lead database-related technical activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead database administration, management, and optimization activities.
• Design, implement, and maintain SQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB databases.
• Monitor database performance, availability, and capacity.
• Perform database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery activities.
• Identify and resolve database performance and connectivity issues.
• Develop and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and database objects.
• Manage database security, user access, roles, and permissions.
• Perform database upgrades, migrations, patching, and maintenance.
• Implement database monitoring, alerting, and performance-tuning strategies.
• Ensure data integrity, availability, and security across database environments.
• Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to support application requirements.
• Troubleshoot production database issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Prepare technical documentation, database standards, and operational procedures.
• Mentor junior DBAs and provide technical guidance to the team.
• Participate in database architecture and technology improvement initiatives.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with SQL / SQL Server.
• Good experience in PostgreSQL database administration.
• Strong understanding of MongoDB administration and management.
• Database performance tuning and optimization.
• Backup, recovery, and disaster recovery concepts.
• Database security, access control, and user management.
• Strong SQL query writing and optimization skills.
• Experience with database migration and upgrades.
• Troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Good understanding of high availability and database replication concepts.
• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5–8 years of relevant experience in Database Administration.
• Candidates with experience leading DBA teams or database projects will be preferred.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Strong technical and analytical mindset.
• Ability to independently handle critical production database issues.
• Comfortable working with multiple database technologies.
• Good team leadership and stakeholder communication skills.
• Strong focus on database performance, reliability, and security.