About the Role

*iPUMPNET ingests continuous real-time telemetry from sensors, motors, flowmeters, and energy meters across dozens and soon hundreds of pumping stations. The integrity, performance, and availability of that data is mission-critical. As Database Administrator, you will own and evolve PAPL's entire data storage landscape, from the embedded SQLite databases running on edge gateways in the field, to enterprise MS SQL Server instances, AWS S3 data lakes, and as PAPL's AI/ML roadmap matures Time-Series and Vector databases in the near future.*

This is a broad, hands-on DBA role in a quick-scaling industrial technology startup. You will work at the intersection of field edge systems, cloud data platforms, and AI/ML data engineering ensuring that every layer of PAPL's data infrastructure is performant, reliable, secure, and ready for the next order of scale.

Key Responsibilities

1. Database Design, Administration & Optimization
- Own the design, deployment, administration, performance tuning, and lifecycle management of PAPL's database portfolio:





SQLite embedded databases on edge gateways and field data acquisition hardware for offline-first data buffering

– Microsoft SQL Server — core operational database for the iPUMPNET® cloud application platform

– AWS S3 — structured and semi-structured data storage, data lake organization, and archival tiers

– Time-Series DB (InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, QuestDB, OpenTSDB, Amazon Timestream, or Azure Data Explorer — evaluation and adoption roadmap)

– Vector DB (pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, or equivalent — evaluation and adoption roadmap for AI/ML embedding storage)
- Design and optimize database schemas for industrial IoT data patterns — high-frequency time-stamped sensor readings, asset hierarchies, alarm event logs, and operational KPIs.
- Tune query performance, indexing strategies, and execution plans for real-time and analytical query workloads.

2. Edge & Cloud Data Architecture
- Define and maintain data synch

📌 Database Administrator (Bengaluru)
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