Job Posted On
10-11-2026 12:29:03
Job Code
Job_305003
Experience Required
3 - 6 years
Location
~ Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (CHN)

Job Summary
L2 Database Administrator
Support level : L2
Tower / POD : Database (POD D)
Experience : 3–5 years
Coverage : 24×5 + weekend Sev-1/2 on-call
Reports to : L2 Database POD Lead
Location : Pune, Bangalore, Chennai
Role Purpose : Administer Patterson's Azure data platforms: 87 SQL servers hosting 2,551 databases, 61 Cosmos DB accounts, 34 Redis instances, plus PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Key Responsibilities
Monitor database availability and performance; resolve incidents and service requests within SLA.
Perform query, index and blocking analysis and apply tuning recomm endations.
Manage backup validation, point-in-time restore and geo-replication / failover operations.
Apply patches and minor version updates during approved maintenance windows.
Manage logins, roles and permissions; perform periodic access reviews under least privilege.




Administer Cosmos DB throughput, partitioning and consistency settings; support Redis cache operations.
Support database refreshes and workplace cloning using approved processes.
Escalate complex performance, HA/DR or corruption issues to the L3 DBA SME with evidence.
Required Skills
Azure SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on VMs
Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL
Cosmos DB and Azure Cache for Redis operations
T-SQL, performance tuning and execution plan analysis
Backup/restore, HA and DR concepts
PowerShell/Azure CLI automation
Certifications
DP-300 (preferred); AZ-104; DP-420 (desirable)
Success Measures / KPIs
Database incident resolution within SLA;
Backup success and restore test rate;
Patch compliance;
Performance incident recurrence;
Change success rate.
Final targets to be agreed with Patterson.

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