Database Administrator

REVIEW CRITERIA:

MANDATORY:

• Strong Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer Profile
• Must have 8+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps engineering, with a strong focus on AWS cloud infrastructure and services (EC2, VPC, EKS, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, etc.).
• Must have strong system administration expertise (installation, tuning, troubleshooting, security hardening)
• Must have solid experience in CI/CD pipeline setup and automation using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar
• Must have hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Must have strong database expertise across MongoDB and Snowflake (administration, performance optimization, integrations)
• Must have experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, or Datadog
• Must have good exposure to containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
• Must be currently working in an AWS-based environment (AWS experience must be in the current organization)
• Its an IC role

PREFERRED:

• Must be proficient in scripting languages (Bash, Python) for automation and operational tasks.
• Must have strong understanding of security best practices, IAM, WAF, and GuardDuty configurations.
• Exposure to DevSecOps and end-to-end automation of deployments, provisioning, and monitoring.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Candidates from NCR region only (No outstation candidates).

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience in designing, automating, and optimizing cloud-native solutions on AWS. AWS and Linux expertise are mandatory. The ideal candidate will have strong experience across databases, automation, CI/CD, containers, and observability, with the ability to build and scale secure, reliable cloud environments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Cloud & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)-

• Architect and manage AWS environments ensuring scalability, security, and high availability.
• Implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
• Configure VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, and PrivateLink/Connect for advanced networking.

CI/CD & Automation:

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, SonarQube, automated testing).
• Automate deployments, provisioning, and monitoring across environments.

Containers & Orchestration:

• Deploy and operate workloads on Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Implement IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) for secure pod-level access.
• Optimize performance of containerized and microservices applications.

Monitoring & Reliability:

• Implement observability with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, M/Monit, and Datadog.
• Establish logging, alerting, and proactive monitoring for high availability.

Security & Compliance:

• Apply AWS security best practices including IAM, IRSA, SSO, and role-based access control.
• Manage WAF, Guard Duty, Inspector, and other AWS-native security tools.
• Configure VPNs, firewalls, and secure access policies and AWS organizations.

Databases & Analytics:

• Must have expertise in MongoDB, Snowflake, Aerospike, RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, and other RDBMS.
• Manage data reliability, performance tuning, and cloud-native integrations.
• Experience with Apache Airflow and Spark.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• 8+ years in DevOps engineering, with strong AWS Cloud expertise (EC2, VPC, TG, RDS, S3, IAM, EKS, EMR, SCP, MWAA, Lambda, CloudFront, SNS, SES etc.).
• Linux expertise is mandatory (system administration, tuning, troubleshooting, CIS hardening etc).
• Strong knowledge of databases: MongoDB, Snowflake, Aerospike, RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, and other RDBMS.
• Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible.
• Proven ability with CI/CD pipeline automation and DevSecOps practices.
• Practical experience with VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, WAF, Guard Duty, Inspector and advanced AWS networking and security tools.
• Expertise in observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, M/Monit, and Datadog.
• Strong scripting skills (Shell/bash, Python, or similar) for automation.
• Bachelor / Master’s degree
• Effective communication skills

PERKS, BENEFITS AND WORK CULTURE:

• Competitive Salary Package
• Generous Leave Policy
• Flexible Working Hours
• Performance-Based Bonuses
• Health Care Benefits

Job Title : Senior DevOps Engineer

Experience : 5+ Years

Location : Gurgaon, Sector 39

About the Role :

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to lead our DevOps practices, manage a small team, and build functional, scalable systems that enhance customer experience. You will be responsible for deployments, automation, troubleshooting, integrations, monitoring, and team mentoring while ensuring secure and efficient operations.

Mandatory Skills :

Linux Administration, Shell Scripting, CI/CD (Jenkins), Git/GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Ansible, Database Administration (MariaDB/MySQL/MongoDB), Apache httpd/Tomcat, HAProxy, Nagios, Keepalived, Monitoring/Logging/Alerting, and On-premise Server Management.

Key Responsibilities :

• Implement and manage integrations as per business and customer needs.
• Deploy product updates, fixes, and enhancements.
• Provide Level 2 technical support and resolve production issues.
• Build tools to reduce errors and improve system performance.
• Develop scripts and automation for CI/CD, monitoring, and visualization.
• Perform root cause analysis of incidents and implement long-term fixes.
• Ensure robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems are in place.
• Manage on-premise servers and ensure smooth deployments.
• Collaborate with development teams for system integration.
• Mentor and guide a team of 3 to 4 engineers.

Required Qualifications & Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps engineering with team management exposure.
• Strong expertise in:
• Linux Administration & Shell Scripting
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or similar)
• Git/GitHub, branching, and code repository standards
• Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Ansible
• Database administration (MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Web servers (Apache httpd, Apache Tomcat)
• Networking & Load Balancing tools (HAProxy, Keepalived)
• Monitoring & alerting tools (Nagios, logging frameworks)
• On-premise server management
• Strong debugging, automation, and system troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of security best practices including data encryption.

Personal Attributes :

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on reliability and performance.
• Ability to mentor juniors and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Keen interest in emerging DevOps and cloud trends.

At Egnyte we build and maintain our flagship software: a secure content platform used by companies like Red Bull and Yamaha.

We store, analyze, organize, and secure billions of files and petabytes of data with millions of users. We observe more than 1M API requests per minute on average. To make that possible and to provide the best possible experience, we rely on great engineers. For us, people who own their work from start to finish are integral. Our Engineers are part of the process from design to code, to test, to deployment, and back again for further iterations.  

We have 300+ engineers spread across the US, Poland, and India.

You will be part of the Site Reliability Engineering Team. This role involves the design, scale, performance tuning, monitoring, and administration activities on the various databases (majority on MySQL).

Your day-to-day at Egnyte:

• Build, scale, and administer a large fleet of MySQL servers spread over multiple data centers with a focus on performance, scale, and high availability.
• Monitor and troubleshoot critical performance bottlenecks for MySQL databases before it causes downtime.
• Review and assess the impact of database schema design, topology changes prior to their implementation
• Ensure that databases are secured, maintained, backed up, and highly available.
• Review stress testing results and provide recommendations to development teams
• Automate anomaly detection to surface databases with failures, IOPS, deadlocks, and other failure reasons.
• Automate management tasks, streamline processes, and perform standard administrative functions

About you:

• Understanding of MySQL’s (5.7+) underlying storage engines
• Knowledge of Performance and scalability issues with MySQL
• Strong experience with MySQL HA using Orchestrator/ProxySQL/Consul/Pacemaker
• Experience with configuration management like Puppet/Ansible
• Knowledge of limitations in MySQL and their workarounds in contrast to other popular relational databases
• Automation experience with ‘Python/Ruby/Perl’ and ‘SQL’ scripting
• Analytical skills necessary to perform troubleshooting of errors and performance issues on a large array of Mysql cluster spread over multiple data centers.

Due to the nature of the role, it would be nice if you have also:

• Experience in other distributed systems like Redis, Elasticsearch, Memcached.
• Experience in managing a large fleet of database servers.
• Knowledge of HA and scalability issues with PostgreSQL

We are hiring candidates who are looking to work in a cloud environment and ready to learn and adapt to the evolving technologies.

Linux Administrator Roles &  Responsibilities:

• 5+ or more years of professional experience with strong working expertise in Agile environments
• Deep knowledge in managing Linux servers.
• Managing Windows servers(Not Mandatory).
• Manage Web servers (Apache, Nginx).
• Manage Application servers.
• Strong background & experience in any one scripting language (Bash, Python)
• Manage firewall rules.
• Perform root cause analysis for production errors.
• Basic administration of MySQL, MSSQL.
• Ready to learn and adapt to business requirements.
• Manage information security controls with best practises and processes.
• Support business requirements beyond working hours.
• Ensuring highest uptimes of the services.
• Monitoring resource usages.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering or a relevant field.
• Experience with Linux-based infrastructures, Linux/Unix administration.
• Knowledge in managing databases such as My SQL, MS SQL.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Bash.
• Knowledge in open-source technologies and cloud services like AWS, Azure is a plus. Candidates willing to learn will be preferred.
• Experience in managing web applications.
• Problem-solving attitude.
• 5+ years experience in the IT industry.

1. Experience: 3-5 Years
2. Scripting: PowerShell and either of ( JavaScript, Python)
3. Kubernetes and docker Hands-On   
4. Good to have either (Azure / AWS ) 
5. Any of DB technologies Hands-ON: No SQL - Admin, COSMOS DB, MONGO DB, Maria DBA  
6. Good to have Analytics knowledge