This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 5 years

Location: Gurgaon, NCR

JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced and detail-oriented Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, maintain, and optimize our database environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, with a proven track record of ensuring database reliability, performance, security, and scalability in production environments. This role requires close collaboration with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to support business-critical applications and data-driven initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, implement, and maintain robust database architectures using MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL to support high-availability and high-performance systems.
- Monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and proactively tune queries, indexes, and configurations to ensure optimal efficiency.
- Manage database installations, upgrades, patching, and version migrations with minimal downtime.
- Ensure database security by implementing access controls, encryption, auditing, and compliance best practices.
- Plan and execute backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data integrity and business continuity.
- Work closely with application developers to support schema design, query optimization, and data modeling for both relational and NoSQL databases.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues in production and non-production environments.




- Automate routine database operations and monitoring using scripts and tools to improve reliability and reduce manual effort.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation for database configurations, procedures, and operational guidelines.
- Participate in capacity planning, performance forecasting, and scalability planning as the organization grows.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- 5–8 years of hands-on experience as a Database Administrator or in a similar database-focused role.
- Strong expertise in MongoDB, including replication, sharding, performance tuning, and backup strategies.
- Solid experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL, including query optimization, indexing, replication, and high-availability setups.
- In-depth understanding of database internals, transaction management, locking mechanisms, and storage engines.
- Experience working in Linux/Unix environments and familiarity with shell scripting.
- Knowledge of database monitoring and alerting tools.
- Robust problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with cloud-managed databases (AWS RDS, Aurora, MongoDB Atlas, or equivalent).
- Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code tools.
- Understanding of data security standards, compliance requirements, and governance best practices.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

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