About the Role :We are seeking an experienced Lead Engineer - SQL Server & OLTP Database Platforms to design, implement, optimize, secure, and govern enterprise database solutions for high-volume, mission-critical applications.The role is primarily focused on SQL Server-based online transaction processing (OLTP), database reliability, performance engineering, cloud adoption, automation, and operational excellence.Key Responsibilities :- Lead the architecture, design, and operational governance of enterprise OLTP database platforms.- Design highly available and scalable database solutions for customer-facing and business-critical applications.- Lead the administration, optimization, troubleshooting, and modernization of SQL Server environments, with supporting responsibility for PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DocumentDB, and other database technologies.- Perform query tuning, execution-plan analysis, indexing, partitioning, connection-management optimization, and capacity planning.- Define and implement high availability, replication, backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and failover strategies.- Establish database standards for schema design, naming conventions, access controls, security, deployment, monitoring, and operational support.- Drive database modernization and migration initiatives across on-premises and cloud environments.- Design and support cloud-native database solutions using AWS and/or Azure services.- Automate database provisioning, configuration, schema changes, monitoring, maintenance, and operational workflows.- Implement database DevOps practices using Liquibase, Flyway, GitHub Actions, Jenkins,



Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools.- Implement monitoring, alerting, logging, observability, and operational dashboards for database platforms.- Support production incidents, lead root-cause analysis, and drive permanent corrective actions.- Identify opportunities for cloud cost optimization, resource right-sizing, and improved operational efficiency.- Mentor database engineers and serve as the primary technical subject-matter expert for OLTP database platforms.Required Experience:- 7+ years of overall IT experience with a robust focus on database engineering, administration, development, or platform engineering.- 4+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise OLTP database environments.- Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server administration, database development, troubleshooting, performance optimization, high availability, and production operations.- Working experience with PostgreSQL administration, development, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.- Experience with MongoDB, Amazon DocumentDB, or other document-oriented databases.- Experience supporting highly available, high-volume, mission-critical production applications.- Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms and cloud-managed database services.- Experience with schema version control and deployment automation using Liquibase, Flyway, or similar tools.Education :- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. (ref:hirist.tech)

📌 7-Eleven - Lead Engineer - SQL Server & OLTP Database Platforms (Bengaluru)
🏢 7-Eleven Global Solution Center
📍 Bengaluru