About Phenom :

Phenom is a purpose-driven, applied AI company dedicated to helping a billion people find the right work. We deliver an Intelligent Talent Experience (TXM) platform that uniquely combines industry-specific AI, automation, and personalization to help global enterprises hire faster, develop better, and retain longer. By unifying the entire talent journeyfrom candidates and employees to recruiters and managerswe fundamentally reshape HR processes for scalable, sustainable transformation. At Phenom, we believe that when AI-powered technology and human talent work in symbiosis, we can elevate human intelligence and connect every individual with their full potential.

Role Summary :

We are looking for a Database Administrator - III to lead the strategy, performance, automation, and scalability of our database systems. You will be the go-to expert for everything related to database operations, including reliability, observability, automation, and infrastructure-as-code across multiple environments. This is a hands-on leadership role with strong influence on architecture, security, and database lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design and manage highly available, scalable, and secure database architectures across production and non-production environments.

- Automate database provisioning, monitoring, backup, and recovery workflows using DevOps tools and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).

- Partner with Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams to ensure database performance, reliability, and data integrity.

- Lead incident response and RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for any database-related issues and outages.

- Guide the team on best practices around schema management, indexing strategies, and query performance.

- Mentor and lead a team of DB Engineers and collaborate cross-functionally with SREs, DevOps, and Cloud Architects.

- Establish data governance, auditing, and compliance protocols across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.).

- Evaluate and implement database observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).

- Optimize costs through usage monitoring, capacity planning, and right-sizing of cloud-based DB infrastructure.

Skills & Qualifications :

- Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

- 7+ years of experience in database administration and operations in high-scale production environments.

- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar databases (relational and NoSQL).

- Proven experience in cloud-native DBOps (AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL, GCP Cloud SQL, etc.).

- Strong scripting experience (Python, Bash, or Go) and use of automation frameworks (Ansible, Terraform).

- Exposure to containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm).

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for DB changes and automated testing (Liquibase/Flyway).

- Solid understanding of database security, data masking, encryption, and access control models.

- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Nice to Have :

- Certifications in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

- Experience with multi-region replication and disaster recovery design

- Contributions to open-source DB tools or platforms

Why Phenom?

- Work with cutting-edge technologies in a high-impact role

- Be part of a fast-growing product company solving real-world problems at scale

- Culture focused on innovation, continuous learning, and collaboration