Job Overview :

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Database Engineer with 1 year to 2 years of experience in managing databases in either on-premises or AWS cloud environments.

The ideal candidate should possess foundational knowledge of database administration, cloud services, infrastructure automation, monitoring, and operational support.

Key Responsibilities :

- Assist in provisioning and managing database infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.

- Support database configuration, deployment, and automation using Ansible playbooks.

- Administer and maintain self-managed (hosted on AWS EC2) databases and AWS managed databases such as Elasticache, RDS, Opensearch, DynamoDB, Neptune.

- Monitor database health, performance, availability, and capacity using Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, Grafana and other monitoring tools.

- Perform routine database administration tasks including user management, backup verification, patching, upgrades, and maintenance activities.

- Assist in identifying and resolving database performance issues, alerts, incidents, and service requests.

- Support database backup, restore, disaster recovery, and high availability configurations.

- Participate in database migration and upgrade projects.

- Maintain database security standards, access controls, and compliance requirements.

- Create and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.

- Collaborate with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams during application deployments and troubleshooting activities.

- Participate in on-call support rotations as required.

Mandatory Skills :

- Basic administration knowledge of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, or AWS RDS.

- Experience managing databases in on-premises or AWS cloud environments.

- Exposure to Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and Ansible for configuration management.

- Knowledge of Linux administration, SQL, database backup & recovery concepts.

- Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog and AWS CloudWatch.

- Understanding of database performance monitoring, high availability, security, and troubleshooting.

- Familiarity with Git, scripting (Shell/Bash or Python), and DevOps automation practices.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

- 1 year to 2 years of experience in database administration, cloud operations, DevOps, or infrastructure support.

- Internship experience in database or cloud technologies will be considered.

- AWS Cloud Practitioner / AWS Associate certification is an added advantage.

- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

- Good verbal and written communication skills.

- Ability to learn new database and cloud technologies quickly and work effectively in a team environment.