The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing and optimizing our GCP relational/NoSQL databases, ensuring high availability, performance, and security for the databases hosted in GCP.
The work will be performed in the Chennai, India as a member of a team of Cloud DB engineers. There will be occasional off-shift work to provide On-Call coverage (in a rotation) for production-support incidents and to support scheduled changes to applications after hours.
Key Responsibilities:
- Database Administration : Manage and administer Cloud databases, ensuring their optimal performance and reliability.
- Platform Expertise : Demonstrate proficiency in working with databases on GCP Cloud, with experience across other platforms being advantageous.
- Growth Environment : Operate effectively within a rapidly growing workplace, anticipating and responding to emerging needs
- Design and Development : Design, develop, and enhance production and test databases within the technical architecture.
- Monitoring : Continuously monitor database systems to ensure their stability and performance.





Desired Experience:
- Database Administration: Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
- Cloud DBs: Experience working with databases on Microsoft Azure, Google GCP, or AWS.
- Cloud SQL Support: Supporting PostgreSQL/SQL Server on Google Cloud.
- Migration: Experience in migrating Oracle/SQL Server to GCP Cloud SQL PostgreSQL/SQL Server.
- Scripting: Unix shell scripting and Terraform development for provisioning GCP Databases.

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- Authentication: Experience with SSL and IAM authentication for GCP Databases.
- Migration Tools: Familiarity with ora2pg and GCP Database Migration Service (DMS).
- Pipeline Development: Experience with Tekton pipeline development (nice to have).
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Technical Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical teams.
- Database Products: Worki

📌 Cloud Database Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Ford
📍 Chennai