Job Description
We are seeking a seasoned Lead Database Administrator to take full ownership of our database ecosystem. You will drive reliability, performance, and scalability across multiple database platforms on-premises and cloud while acting as the technical authority and mentor for our infrastructure team.
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nKey Responsibilities
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nDatabase Administration & Operations
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- Administer and maintain multiple databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis across production, staging, and development environments.n
- Monitor database health, performance metrics, query execution plans, and system resources; resolve bottlenecks proactively.n
- Design and enforce backup, recovery, replication, clustering, and failover strategies to guarantee high availability.n
- Manage schema changes, DDL migrations, and version-controlled deployments in collaboration with engineering teams.n
- Define and uphold database security standards including role-based access control, encryption, and audit logging.n

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nCloud Database Management
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- Administer cloud-managed database services on AWS (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB), GCP (Cloud SQL, Spanner), or Azure Database platforms.n
- Architect cloud-native database solutions with a focus on scalability, resilience, and cost optimisation.n
- Lead zero-downtime migrations from on-premises databases to managed cloud services.n
- Continuously evaluate emerging cloud database technologies and recommend adoption where appropriate.n

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nPerformance Tuning & Capacity Planning
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- Analyse slow queries, index strategies, and execution plans; implement targeted optimisations to meet SLA requirements.n
- Conduct regular capacity planning and performance benchmarking across all environments.n
- Collaborate with application engineers to review ORM usage and data models for performance at scale.n

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nLeadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
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- Mentor junior DBAs and serve as the primary technical

📌 Lead Database Administrator (Bengaluru)
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