VP – Database Engineering & Operations (SQL Server, Azure)

Location:
Pune, India This is a hands-on technical leadership role for an experienced database professional who can go beyond team management to solve complex production issues, engineer highly available database environments, automate operational processes and guide database platform modernization. Work environment: Global enterprise technology infrastructure Role focus: Database engineering, high availability, performance optimization, automation and technical leadership The opportunityWe are seeking a technically strong database leader to drive the reliability, performance, resilience and modernization of enterprise database platforms supporting business-critical applications in a globally distributed environment. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for an experienced database professional who can go beyond team management to solve complex production issues, engineer highly available database environments, automate operational processes and guide database platform modernization. You will lead a team of database professionals while remaining closely involved in architecture decisions, performance engineering, major incident resolution, disaster recovery and cloud adoption. What you will own1. Database engineering and architecture
• Lead engineering and operations across Microsoft SQL Server, with additional exposure to Oracle and PostgreSQL; Sybase/Sybase IQ experience is relevant.
• Design, maintain and improve highly available and resilient database environments.
• Drive SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, failover clustering, log shipping and disaster recovery strategies.
• Guide database upgrades, migrations, cloud adoption and platform modernization across Azure IaaS/PaaS environments. 2. Performance engineering and production reliability




• Diagnose complex database performance bottlenecks through query-plan analysis, indexing, execution analysis and advanced T-SQL troubleshooting.
• Lead root-cause analysis for critical database incidents and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Own proactive monitoring, capacity planning, storage considerations, backup and recovery, patching and database maintenance.
• Improve database availability, recoverability, operational stability and service performance. 3. Automation and operational excellence
• Build and enhance database automation using PowerShell, T-SQL, SQL Server Agent and enterprise scheduling tools such as Control-M.
• Automate routine maintenance, monitoring, alerting, capacity reporting and operational workflows.
• Use enterprise monitoring and observability platforms such as SCOM, Foglight, Splunk or equivalent solutions to improve detection and troubleshooting. 4. Technical leadership
• Lead, mentor and develop database administrators and senior technical specialists.
• Set engineering standards, operational procedures and best practices.
• Work closely with application engineering, Windows/Linux, storage, infrastructure and database engineering teams.
• Provide technical direction for database modernization, resilience, cloud adoption and continuous improvement. What we are looking for
• 8+ years of progressive hands-on database administration/engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a technical leadership or team-lead capacity.
• Robust,



demonstrable expertise in Microsoft SQL Server administration and production troubleshooting.
• Practical experience with high availability, disaster recovery, clustering and SQL Server Always On Availability Groups.
• Advanced SQL/T-SQL skills, query optimization, indexing and execution-plan analysis.
• Strong scripting and automation capability, particularly PowerShell and T-SQL.
• Experience managing enterprise database monitoring, performance, capacity and incident response.
• Working knowledge of Azure database and infrastructure services, including IaaS/PaaS.
• Ability to lead technical teams while remaining credible in complex engineering discussions.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation for critical production incidents. Additional experience that will strengthen

your profile
• Oracle and PostgreSQL administration; Sybase/Sybase IQ exposure.
• SSIS, SSRS and SSAS.
• Windows Server and Linux/Unix environments.
• Control-M, SCOM, Foglight, Splunk or equivalent tools.
• Database virtualization, such as Delphix.
• Azure database certifications or relevant SQL Server/Oracle certifications. Why consider this role?
• Own database reliability and engineering across a globally distributed enterprise environment.
• Solve complex, high-impact database challenges rather than focus exclusively on people management.
• Influence platform architecture, automation, disaster recovery and cloud modernization.
• Lead and develop a team while maintaining meaningful technical ownership.
• Interested? Apply with your updated profile highlighting your SQL Server expertise, high-availability implementations, production troubleshooting experience, automation work and technical leadership responsibilities.

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