Sr. Database Administrator - AWS | Oracle/PostgreSQL

Experience : 5+ Years | Job Type : Full-Time | Level : P3

Location : Bangalore

About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Database Administrator to manage and optimize mission-critical database platforms across AWS and on-premises environments.

You will be responsible for database reliability, performance, availability, automation, disaster recovery, and production support while working closely with engineering and technology teams.

Key Responsibilities :

- Manage Oracle, PostgreSQL, Relational & NoSQL databases in production environments.

- Administer AWS database services, including Amazon RDS.

- Design and maintain HA, fault-tolerant and distributed database architectures.

- Perform performance tuning, troubleshooting, capacity planning and optimization.

- Implement backup, restore, recovery and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.

- Configure database monitoring, alerting and metrics using PMM, OEM and AWS monitoring tools.

- Automate database operations using Terraform/CloudFormation, Ansible and scripting.

- Support database upgrades, migrations, deployments and production releases.

- Participate in 24x7 on-call and critical production support.

- Mentor junior DBAs and act as a technical point of contact for database-related issues.

Must-Have Skills :

- 5+ years of hands-on Database Administration experience.

- Strong experience with Oracle and/or PostgreSQL.

- Hands-on experience with AWS & Amazon RDS.

- Strong knowledge of High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Backup/Restore and Performance Tuning.

- Experience with Linux and production systems.

- Good understanding of database monitoring and troubleshooting.

- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Good to Have :

- Terraform / CloudFormation

- Ansible / Chef

- Python / Java / Go

- Docker / Containers

- Git / GitHub / GitLab

- CI/CD

- SRE / DRE experience

- Agile/Scrum experience

- DBA or Cloud certifications

Education :

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.