Senior Database Administrator

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Job Title: Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Department: IT

Work Location: Remote

Shift: 5:30 PM – 2:00 AM IST /3:00PM – 12:00AM

Job Summary

The Senior Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing database systems across on-premises and cloud environments. This role ensures database performance, availability, security, and scalability across multiple technologies, with a primary focus on Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL, along with exposure to PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cosmos DB, flat-file, and NoSQL databases.

Experience with Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) and Microsoft Fabric will be considered an advantage.

Why Join Us

• Fully remote role with global exposure and collaboration opportunities.

• Opportunity to work across a broad range of database technologies and cloud platforms.

• Contribute to data and infrastructure modernization initiatives.

• Work in a supportive and innovation-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and manage Microsoft SQL Server and other database systems including

PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cosmos DB, and NoSQL databases.

• Administer and optimize Azure SQL databases, ensuring performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

• Monitor database health using tools such as ManageEngine Application Manager, Brent Ozar utilities, or similar monitoring tools.

• Perform query tuning, index management, and capacity planning for high performance environments.

• Implement and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery (HA/DR) processes.

• Enforce database security best practices, including access control, encryption, and compliance with organizational standards.

• Automate maintenance and operational tasks using PowerShell, T-SQL, or equivalent scripting tools.

• Collaborate with application, DevOps, and infrastructure teams on database design, partitioning, and scalability strategies.

• Support database performance optimization and troubleshooting across production environments.

• Exposure to EDW design, integration, or optimization will be beneficial but not mandatory.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric for unified data and analytics management will be an advantage.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 7–10 years of hands-on experience as a Database Administrator.

• Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server including installation, configuration, clustering, replication, Always On, and performance tuning.

• Proven experience with Azure and Azure SQL administration and optimization.

• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cosmos DB, flat-file, and NoSQL databases.

• Experience with monitoring tools such as ManageEngine Application Manager, Brent Ozar utilities, or similar tools.

• Proficiency in T-SQL and PowerShell scripting for automation and maintenance.

• Strong understanding of backup/recovery, high availability, disaster recovery (HA/DR), and database security practices.

• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (or equivalent certification) – required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Microsoft Fabric and modern data platform technologies.

• Familiarity with Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW), ETL processes, or analytics workflows.

• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized databases

(Docker/Kubernetes).

Our Culture

• Innovation-driven environment

• Collaborative team culture

• Strong work-life balance  Regular team-building activities