The Senior Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for the design, administration, availability, security, and performance of enterprise database platforms supporting critical banking systems. This role supports on‑premises production environments, participates in on‑call rotations, and works closely with application, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to ensure secure and scalable database services.

Mandatory Skills: MS SQL DBA, Azure SQL, PostGreSQL DBA, Powershell/T-SQL

Database Operations & Availability

Administer, monitor, and optimize on‑premises SQL Server environments to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.

Participate in 24x7 on‑call rotation, responding to incidents, outages, and performance degradations.

Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive controls for recurring issues.

Performance & Reliability Engineering

Perform query, index, and workload performance tuning using industry best practices and internal standards.

Proactively identify capacity, storage, and performance risks; Design and support monitoring, alerting, and automation for database health and operational resilience.

Ensure compliance with internal audit, SOX, GLBA, and regulatory requirements related to data protection.

Implement and enforce database security controls, including access management, encryption, and least‑privilege principles.





Partner with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to support audits, reviews, and remediation activities.

Ensure adherence to Axos database standards and operational procedures.

Primary responsibility for Microsoft SQL Server (on‑prem).

Provide administration and operational support for PostgreSQL databases (required).

Collaborate on or support additional data platforms as the environment evolves.

Partner with application teams on schema design, deployment planning, migrations, and production readiness.

Experience

5+ years of Database Administration experience in enterprise environments.

- Strong hands‑on experience supporting on‑prem SQL Server production systems.
- Proven experience participating in on‑call support rotations for critical systems.

Microsoft SQL Server administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting

PostgreSQL administration (required)

Backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning

Scripting and automation (T‑SQL, PowerShell or equivalent)

Monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling

Experience with one or more of the following platforms:

MongoDB

Experience in regulated or financial services environments

Exposure to cloud or hybrid database architectures

Experience supporting large‑scale, multi‑application database estates

📌 Administrator (Database Administrator) (Secunderabad)
🏢 Cibersites India
📍 Secunderabad