Job Description
Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge database technology?
Would you enjoy working with a truly global team?
Join our Data Services team
We are responsible for provisioning, managing and supporting the customer facing DB infrastructure. We ensure efficient functioning and high availability of this infrastructure - Databases, Cloud Services, platforms and applications.

Champion our current Database platforms
You will analyze, design, implement and operate mission-critical database services. You'll be using Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As a Database Administrator II, you will be responsible for:
- Supporting day-to-day operations with large-scale, highly available, reliable, high-performing transactional (OLTP) databases hosted in geo-distributed cloud-based datacenters
- Providing Oracle expertise with performing database operations with minimum (or zero) downtime
- Being a liaison for database-related problems between operations, architecture, development, and QA groups




- Automating routine database operations using scripting or cloud automation tools
- Mentoring junior DBAs
- Participating in architecture and incident review boards

Do What You Love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Have 5+ years of Oracle experience, with expertise in supporting highly available transactional systems (4-9s)
- Have advanced knowledge of Oracle troubleshooting and performance tuning for PL/SQL and the database in a Cloud
- Have 5 years of experience as Oracle DBA with routine automation experience
- Have 5 years of outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including experience working with culturally diverse and geographically distributed teams
- Be able to communicate effectively with Program Management, InfoSec, Engineering, QA, and Operations personnel
- Have deep knowledge of Cloud DevOps principles

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📌 Database Administrator II (Bengaluru)
🏢 Akamai Technologies
📍 Bengaluru