Senior Database Administrator

TECHJAYS

Position: Senior Database Engineer / DBA

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: Coimbatore / Hybrid (Remote option available)

Employment Type: Contract

Joining: Immediate or within 30 days preferred

Core Focus: Microsoft SQL Server Administration, Always On Availability Groups, Performance Tuning, Database Security, Disaster Recovery, Production Database Operations, High Availability, and Multi-Terabyte Database Management.

Tools & Platforms: Microsoft SQL Server (HA / Clustered), Always On Availability Groups (AGs), TDE & Auditing, T-SQL, Partitioning & Archiving, PowerShell, Snowflake / Redshift / AWS Aurora (Nice to Have).

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Database Engineer / DBA to own a large, multi-terabyte Microsoft SQL Server environment running in a highly available, clustered configuration.This is a hands-on production database role supporting a live, customer-facing SaaS platform. The role focuses on maintaining database availability, performance, security, and reliability. This is not an analytics or reporting role.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience managing SQL Server databases in a 24x7 production environment, troubleshooting complex database issues, maintaining Always On Availability Groups, and ensuring business continuity through effective disaster recovery practices.

Key Responsibilities

1. Production Database Administration & High Availability

Own and maintain the production SQL Server environment in an Always On Availability Group configuration.Handle failover operations, synchronization delay troubleshooting, and read replica load management.Maintain database availability and ensure the stability of production database environments.Manage SQL Server alerts and provide on-call coverage for production database operations.

2. Performance Tuning & Incident Management

Lead incident response and root cause analysis for production database issues.Troubleshoot query plan regressions, TempDB contention, deadlocks, and blocking issues.Perform index and statistics maintenance to ensure optimal database performance.Review developers' T-SQL queries and schema changes before deployment. Advise developers on table design, indexing strategies, and database performance optimization.

3. Database Security & Compliance

Maintain database security through Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), auditing, and certificate and key rotation.Monitor anomalous database access patterns and ensure appropriate security controls.

Handle confidential or legally sensitive data requests following established processes.Maintain database security standards and support compliance requirements.

4. Database Maintenance & Capacity Planning

Perform quarterly cumulative update patching across database environments.Manage partitioning and archiving on multi-terabyte databases without impacting production performance.

Own capacity planning for storage, CPU, and memory.Manage recurring environment refreshes across staging, development, and QA environments.Ensure production maintenance activities are performed safely with minimal downtime.

5. Disaster Recovery & Database Migrations

Design, implement, and test disaster recovery strategies for SQL Server environments.Support customer instance migrations between regions, including database preparation and validation.

Perform regular DR testing and ensure database recovery readiness. Manage large-scale database migrations while maintaining availability and data integrity.

6. Production Operations & Support

Provide on-call, weekend maintenance, and after-hours support as required.Maintain clear documentation of database changes, incidents, and recovery procedures.Work closely with engineering teams to ensure reliable database operations.Ensure production database changes follow established change control and operational procedures.

Must-Have Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on Microsoft SQL Server DBA experience in a 24x7 production environment. SQL development experience alone is not sufficient.
• 3+ years of direct experience with Always On Availability Groups, including failover handling and synchronization delay troubleshooting.
• Experience managing multi-terabyte production databases, including partitioning, archiving, and index and statistics maintenance without blocking production.
• Experience leading incident response and root cause analysis for production database issues.
• Strong experience with database security practices, including TDE, auditing, certificate rotation, and key management.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server performance tuning, query optimization, and production troubleshooting.
• Experience designing and testing disaster recovery strategies.
• English fluency sufficient for real-time incident communication, with meaningful business-hours overlap with Pacific time.
• Nice-to-Have Skills
• Experience supporting a SaaS CRM or similarly high-transaction-volume application.
• Exposure to Snowflake, Redshift, or AWS Aurora alongside transactional SQL Server work.
• Experience with customer instance migrations or similar large-scale data movement projects.
• Experience in SOC 2, HIPAA, or PCI-regulated environments.
• Comfort handling legally sensitive or confidential data requests as part of a defined process.

What We're Looking For

Strong Ownership: Takes responsibility for maintaining large, multi-terabyte production databases and ensuring their availability and reliability.

Technical Expertise: Demonstrates deep hands-on knowledge of SQL Server administration, Always On Availability Groups, performance tuning, and disaster recovery.

Incident Management: Maintains a calm, structured approach during production incidents and takes ownership of root cause analysis and preventive actions.

Attention to Detail: Follows disciplined change control, documentation, database security, and maintenance practices.

Clear Communication: Communicates effectively with developers, engineering teams, and stakeholders during live production incidents.

Operational Excellence: Understands the importance of maintaining production databases with minimal downtime and without impacting customer-facing applications.

Execution-Focused Mindset: Comfortable managing day-to-day database administration, on-call support, and hands-on production operations.

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment with Coimbatore office, hybrid, and remote options.
• Paid holidays and flexible time off.
• Medical insurance coverage of up to ₹4 lakh per person for self and family.
• Opportunities to support production infrastructure for global clients.
• A culture that values clarity, integrity, accountability, and continuous growth.

Job Description: SQL Developer – Mutual Fund / Capital Markets

Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Work Mode: Hybrid

Experience Required: 10+ Years

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced SQL Developer with strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, T-SQL programming, complex query development, and database performance optimization. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience designing, developing, maintaining, and optimizing database objects and handling complex data processing requirements.

Experience in the Mutual Fund or Capital Markets domain will be highly preferred, particularly in financial systems, transaction processing, data reconciliation, and financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize SQL Server database schemas and database objects.
• Develop and maintain complex T-SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, triggers, views, SQL Jobs, and scripts.
• Perform query optimization and database performance tuning to improve execution speed and efficiency.
• Analyze execution plans, implement indexing strategies, and work with partitioning and performance monitoring.
• Review existing SQL queries and identify performance bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.
• Perform data extraction, transformation, migration, data porting, and data processing activities.
• Translate business and financial reporting requirements into effective SQL and database solutions.
• Troubleshoot database issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Support production and UAT environments for database-related issues.
• Perform data validation, reconciliation, and migration activities while ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
• Maintain database security, data integrity, and compliance with established standards.
• Collaborate with application developers, business analysts, QA teams, and other stakeholders.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks and deliver solutions independently.

Required Technical Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL.
• Strong hands-on experience with stored procedures, functions, triggers, views, and SQL Server Jobs.
• Proven expertise in developing simple, medium, and complex SQL queries.
• Strong experience in complex data manipulation and data processing.
• Expertise in SQL query performance tuning and optimization.
• Hands-on knowledge of indexing, execution plan analysis, partitioning, and performance monitoring.
• Ability to analyze, debug, and optimize existing SQL queries.
• Strong database troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of code versioning and version control systems.
• Knowledge of database security standards and best practices.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools will be an added advantage.

Domain Knowledge

• Good understanding of the Mutual Fund domain is preferred.
• Experience with Capital Markets data platforms and financial systems will be an advantage.
• Understanding of financial transactions, business processes, data reconciliation, and financial reporting requirements is desirable.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications or advanced qualifications will be an added advantage.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of relevant experience in SQL Server development.
• Strong technical expertise in T-SQL development and database optimization.
• Ability to work independently and manage complex database requirements.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and communication skills.
• Candidates with relevant Mutual Fund or Capital Markets experience will be preferred.

Work Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Work Mode: Hybrid

Role overview:

·         Technology Expertise & DBA Skill Set

·         Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure

·         Database IaaS: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL

·         Database PaaS: CosmosDB, MySQL, SQL Managed Instance, RDS Aurora, MongoDB

·         Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible

·         CI/CD & Automation: GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps

·         Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell

·         Operating Systems: Linux/Unix (RHEL, Ubuntu), Window

Database Team Overview

Our Database Team is the foundation of enterprise-grade databases delivering secure, compliant and high-performing database platforms across Azure and AWS. We provide managed services for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, operating in a system DBA role to ensure platform reliability, resilience, and operational excellence. In addition, we support PaaS and RDS database services by acting as the platform team defining policies, enforcing security standards, and managing networking configurations while enabling self-service capabilities for application teams to consume these services efficiently.

What would you do here:

·         Database Security & Compliance: Implement robust security controls, encryption, and auditing to safeguard sensitive data and meet regulatory requirements.

·         Lifecycle Management: Oversee patching, upgrades, and end-of-life transitions to maintain platform stability and minimize risk.

·   Performance Optimization: Monitor and tune databases for optimal performance across diverse workloads.

·         Automation & Operational Excellence: Design and deploy automation for provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance to achieve “brilliant basics” and reduce manual intervention.

·         Business-Critical Certification: Validate and certify database environments to support mission-critical applications with high availability and disaster recovery strategies.

·         Incident & Problem Management: Provide rapid response and  root-cause analysis for database-related incidents to ensure business continuity.

·         Capacity Planning & Scalability: Forecast growth and optimize resources to support evolving business needs.

Best Regards!

Job Description: 

• Understand existing databases and develop schemas, tables, indexes, relationships, constraints, stored procedures, and data access patterns. 

• Design and build the target database structure based on application requirements and business logic. 

• Define database architecture, data models, table structures, indexing strategies, and performance optimization approaches. 

• Support mapping of existing database objects and data access logic to the target Java application architecture. 

• Develop and validate SQL queries, database scripts, and data access components. 

• Assess data migration requirements, data integrity, reconciliation, and compatibility. 

• Support database testing, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and production readiness. 

Experience – 8-10 Years 

Location – Preferably Bengaluru