- We are looking for a highly skilled Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, maintain, and optimize our databases across multiple platforms.

- The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS RDS, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB, along with a robust understanding of database security, performance tuning, and high-availability architectures.

- This role is crucial in ensuring data integrity, security, and efficiency for our SaaS applications while meeting HIPAA and other healthcare compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

- Database Management Administration

- Design, configure, and maintain AWS RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server), Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB databases.

- Ensure high availability, performance, and scalability of all databases.

- Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies, including point-in-time recovery (PITR) and failover mechanisms.

- Monitor and optimize database performance using tools like AWS CloudWatch, SQL Profiler, and MongoDB Atlas Performance Advisor.

- Manage database provisioning, patching, and version upgrades in production and non-production environments.

- Security Compliance

- Enforce data security best practices, including encryption, access controls (IAM, RBAC), and compliance with HIPAA and other healthcare regulations.

- Perform regular security audits and vulnerability assessments using tools like AWS Security Hub and Tenable.

- Implement and maintain database auditing, logging, and monitoring to detect and prevent unauthorized access.

- Optimization Automation

- Analyze and optimize query performance, indexing strategies, and database schema design.

- Automate database maintenance tasks using Terraform, AWS Lambda, PowerShell, or Python scripts.

- Work with DevOps to integrate CI/CD pipelines for database changes (e.g., Flyway, Liquibase).

- Optimize storage and resource utilization in AWS to reduce costs while maintaining performance.

- Collaboration Support

- Work closely with DevOps, Engineering,



and Security teams to ensure database reliability and security.

- Provide guidance and best practices to developers on database design, indexing, and query performance tuning.

- Support application teams with troubleshooting, query optimization, and data modeling.

- Participate in on-call rotation for database-related incidents and outages.

- Required Qualifications Experience

- 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator in a SaaS or cloud environment.

- Strong expertise in AWS RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server).

- Proficient in Microsoft SQL Server, including T-SQL, SSMS, and high-availability configurations.

- Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB (Atlas preferred).

- Deep understanding of performance tuning, query optimization, indexing strategies, and partitioning.

- Familiarity with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or other Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools.

- Experience with backup and disaster recovery strategies in AWS and on-prem environments.

- Knowledge of database replication, clustering, and high-availability architectures.

- Proficiency in scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash) for automation.

- Strong knowledge of security best practices (IAM, RBAC, data encryption, audit logging).

- Familiarity with healthcare compliance requirements (HIPAA, HITRUST) is a plus.

- Preferred Skills Certifications

- AWS Certified Database Specialty

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate

- MongoDB Certified DBA Associate

- Experience with AI/ML-driven database performance optimization tools

- Exposure to data warehousing and analytics (Redshift, Snowflake, or BigQuery)

- Other Duties

- Please note this is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

- Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without advance notice. Any changes may be for an indeterminate time frame.

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📌 Database Administrator (Chennai)
🏢 Lorven Technologies
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