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Database Administrator

Wed Oct 21 2026

Apply by email Lightrains is hiring a Database Administrator (DBA) to own the database layer behind the enterprise applications and data platforms the team builds. You will work next to the backend engineers who design the schemas and write the queries, and you will be the person who keeps those databases healthy once they reach production.

This is a full time role.

What you will do
Administer PostgreSQL and MySQL in production, along with the other relational databases our projects run on
Monitor database health, query latency and resource usage, and act on problems before they become incidents
Tune slow queries, indexes and server configuration
Set up backup, recovery, replication and high availability, and check that restores actually work
Manage roles, permissions and audit logging
Plan and run migrations and schema changes, and support data integration workflows
Troubleshoot production issues, find the root cause and fix it so it does not come back




Review data models and scaling plans with backend engineers before they ship
Keep runbooks, monitoring procedures and operational documentation up to date

Required Skills
Hands-on experience running PostgreSQL, MySQL or both in production
Solid understanding of relational database architecture, query plans and SQL optimization
Experience with replication, backup and recovery, and performance tuning
Working knowledge of database security: user permissions, access control and encryption
Comfortable on Linux and with standard database administration tools
A methodical approach to diagnosing performance and availability problems

Valuable to Have
Redis, MongoDB or other NoSQL databases
Managed database services such as AWS RDS or Google Cloud SQL
ETL pipelines and data warehousing
Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD workflows
Database monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana or similar tools
Automating routine database operations with Python or shell scripts

Who should

📌 Database Administrator Thiruvananthapuram (India)
🏢 Lightrains Technolabs
📍 India