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This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Cloud Operations DBA based in India.
You will join a highly technical cloud operations environment where database reliability, performance, and scalability are mission-critical to global supply chain platforms. In this role, you will manage and optimize large-scale, multi-cloud database ecosystems supporting high-volume enterprise applications. You will work across leading database technologies and cloud platforms, ensuring systems remain highly available, secure, and performant. The position requires close collaboration with DevOps, infrastructure, and application teams to prevent outages and improve operational stability. You will also play a key role in automation, monitoring, and standardization of database operations across environments. With exposure to very large databases and mission-critical workloads, your expertise will directly influence system resilience and customer experience. This is a hands-on operational role with strong analytical depth, continuous improvement expectations, and opportunities to shape future database architecture.
Accountabilities:
- Manage, maintain, and optimize enterprise databases across technologies including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL in cloud and virtualized environments.
- Operate and support databases across multi-cloud platforms such as AWS, OCI, and Azure, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve database performance issues, including query tuning, storage optimization, and resource management.
- Ensure robust backup, recovery, patching, and disaster recovery processes for critical production systems.
- Manage large-scale database environments (15TB+), including user sessions, schemas, processes, and storage planning.
- Build and maintain dashboards, alerts, and monitoring systems for proactive issue detection and operational insights.
- Support application teams and infrastructure groups with database-related requirements for projects and production releases.
- Standardize database operations by creating and maintaining SOPs, automation scripts, and operational documentation.
- Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24x7 support and rapid incident response.
- Contribute to future database architecture decisions, focusing on scalability, reliability, and modernization.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator supporting enterprise-scale environments, especially with Oracle Database and/or Microsoft SQL Server.
- Strong hands-on experience with database performance tuning, backup/recovery strategies, and high availability configurations.
- Experience working in cloud environments such as AWS, OCI, or Azure, including managed database services (e.g., RDS, Aurora, or equivalent).
- Solid understanding of HA/DR technologies, replication, and database clustering concepts.
- Ability to support 24x7 on-call rotations and handle after-hours incidents when required.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose complex database issues.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a strong customer service mindset.
- Experience working in cross-functional teams supporting development, DevOps, and infrastructure engineering.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
- Nice to have experience with tools such as Dynatrace, OEM, Tanium, Oracle Data Guard, or GoldenGate.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary aligned with experience and market standards.
- Hybrid or flexible working arrangements depending on team and operational needs.
- Exposure to large-scale, mission-critical cloud database environments.
- Opportunity to work across leading cloud platforms including AWS, OCI, and Azure.
- Professional growth in advanced database technologies, cloud operations, and performance engineering.
- Inclusive and collaborative work culture focused on continuous learning and improvement.
- Health, wellness, and employee support programs (varies by region and eligibility).
- Long-term career development opportunities in global infrastructure and database engineering.
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