Database Engineer

Company Introduction-

iServeU is a modern banking
infrastructure provider in APAC region, empowering financial enterprises with
embedded fintech solutions for their customers. iServeU is one of the few
certified partners with National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), VISA for
various products.

iServeU also provides a
cloud-native, micro services-enabled, distributed platform with over 5000
possible product configurations with a low code/no code interface to banks,
NBFCs, Fintech, and other regulated entities.

• We process around 2500
transactions per second by levering distributed & auto scale technology
like K8.

• Our core platform
combines of 1200+ micro services.

• Our customer list
includes Fintech start-ups, top tier private banks to PSU bank. We operate in
five countries and help customers constantly change the way financial
institutions operate and innovate.

• Our solutions currently
empowers over 20 banks and 250+ enterprises across India and abroad.

• Our platform seamlessly
manages the entire transaction lifecycle, including withdrawals, deposits,
transfers, payments, and lending through various channels like digital, branch,
agents.

Our team of 500+ employees,
with over 80% in technology roles is spread across offices in Bhubaneswar,
Bangalore and Delhi. We have raised $8 million in funding to support our growth
and innovation.

For more details
visit: www.iserveu.in

Key Responsibilities –

Deploy and manage standalone and clustered database systems — CockroachDB,
Apache Cassandra, Redis Sentinel, and MongoDB — on GCP virtual machines, with
clusters typically running as multi-node deployments

Configure GCP firewall rules and GKE networking (pod IP ranges, NAT IP
whitelisting) to enable secure connectivity between Kubernetes-hosted client
applications and database VMs

 Implement and maintain RBAC-based
authentication and authorization for database users, applying the principle of
least privilege at every layer

Enable and maintain TLS/SSL
connections for database traffic, including managing a self-signed certificate
PKI using OpenSSL

Perform regular OS-level
maintenance on database VMs, including patching and minor/major version
upgrades, to reduce attack surface

Plan and execute
database-level major version upgrades and keep updated

Write and run SQL queries
to support RBAC administration and to extract data for the product team

Troubleshoot database
issues through log analysis and drive incidents to resolution

Join team calls to respond
to and resolve critical database incidents as they arise

Automate operational and
maintenance tasks using Bash scripting

Maintain clear, current
technical documentation in Markdown

Collaborate with
engineering, product, and other cross-functional teams as needed

Requirements

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Required Qualifications –

·       3-5+
years of experience as a Database Administrator or in a similar infrastructure
engineering role

·       Hands-on
experience deploying and administering distributed/NoSQL and NewSQL databases
such as Cassandra, MongoDB, CockroachDB, and Redis (Sentinel)

·       Strong
SQL skills, comfortable writing queries for administration and data retrieval

·       Practical
experience with GCP — Compute Engine, VPC/firewall configuration, and GKE
networking

·       Solid
Linux system administration skills, including OS patching and major-version
upgrades

·       Experience
with Bash scripting for automation

·       Working
knowledge of RBAC and least-privilege security principles

·       Experience
enabling TLS/SSL and managing a certificate PKI (self-signed certs, OpenSSL)

·       Ability
to write clear technical documentation (Markdown)

·       Willingness
to join ad hoc incident calls to help resolve critical issues

Preferred Qualifications -

·       Familiarity
with Kubernetes networking concepts beyond basic whitelisting

·       Experience
with infrastructure-as-code or configuration management tools

·       Relevant
cloud or database certifications

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