mssql database admin

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 (JD) for the MySQL Database Administrator role

Experience: 4-8 Years 

Location : Mumbai 

Job Title: MySQL Database Administrator 

Responsibilities 

• Provision and configure MySQL database instances in clustered and non-clustered environments. 
• Ensure database performance, security, availability, and reliability. 
• Prepare and maintain database documentation, technical specifications, and operational procedures. 
• Perform database upgrades, backups, restoration, recovery, and migrations. 
• Monitor database and server resource utilization and perform performance tuning and optimization. 
• Manage database users, access privileges, periodic access reviews, audits, and documentation. 
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot MySQL replication. 
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, development, and other stakeholder teams to resolve database-related issues. 
• Provide database and application deployment support, as required. 
• Perform database backup and restoration validation, data integrity checks, and post-migration validations. 
• Follow database change management, security, and operational best practices. 

Skills and Qualifications 

• Strong hands-on experience in MySQL database administration. 
• Good working knowledge of recent MySQL versions, preferably MySQL 8.x. 
• Understanding of MySQL storage engines, including InnoDB and MyISAM. 
• Practical experience in configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting MySQL replication. 
• Knowledge of MySQL administration best practices, security, and high availability. 
• Proficiency in writing, analyzing, and optimising SQL queries. 
• Experience with MySQL features such as the Event Scheduler, audit logging, and performance monitoring. 
• Ability to assess database resource requirements based on application workloads and technical specifications. 
• Familiarity with other SQL and NoSQL databases, such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB. 
• Understanding of MySQL limitations compared with other relational database platforms and the ability to identify suitable workarounds. 
• Working knowledge of version control tools such as Git, SVN, or CVS. 
• Graduate degree in a relevant discipline and good verbal and written communication skills. 

Good to Have 

• Basic Linux administration, command-line troubleshooting, and Bash scripting skills. 
• Familiarity with application server frameworks such as JBoss, GlassFish, and WildFly. 

Qualifications

● 3-8 years experience in Cloud Database Administration

● Proficient in PostgreSQL database management, including installation, configuration, and performance tuning.

● Experience with Amazon RDS or Cloud SQL and managing databases in cloud environments.

● Proficient in PostgreSQL/MySQL database management, including installation, configuration, and performance tuning.

● Proven experience as a Database Administrator with a focus on

PostgreSQL/MySQL.

● In-depth knowledge of database design, implementation, and management for both PostgreSQL/MySQL environments.

● Familiarity with database security, backup procedures, and performance tuning for both systems.

● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

● Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

● Relevant certifications (e.g., PostgreSQL Certified Professional, MySQLDatabase Administrator) are a plus.

Skills:

● Expertise in PostgreSQL/MySQL database management systems.

● SQL programming and query optimization for both databases.

● Data modeling and database design for PostgreSQL/MySQL.

● Backup and recovery procedures for both environments.

● Performance tuning and optimization for PostgreSQL/MySQL.

● Security protocols and measures for PostgreSQL/MySQL.

● Capacity planning and scalability for both systems.

Key Responsibilities

Administer, monitor, and support database platforms including Couchbase, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.

Perform database performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting.

Write and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and scripts.

Ensure database availability, reliability, backup, recovery, and security compliance.

Support production incidents, root cause analysis, and ongoing operational improvements.

Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and support teams to resolve database-related issues.

Required Skills

5 to 10 years of hands-on experience in Database Administration.

Strong experience with Couchbase, PostgreSQL, and/or Oracle databases.

Expertise in performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, and SQL development (Complex Queries, Stored Procedures, Scripts)

Experience with database monitoring, backup, recovery, and maintenance activities.

Production Support, Troubleshooting & RCA

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Nice to Have

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Exposure to database automation and scripting

Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

Database Reliability & Performance  •  Senior Individual Contributor

• Experience: 6–9 years in production database administration / engineering
• Level: Senior Individual Contributor (hands-on)
• Function: Data Platform — reliability, performance, and governance across relational and distributed SQL & NoSQL DBs.

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Database Administrator to own the health, performance, and reliability of the data layer behind a high-scale, multi-tenant platform. Our environment spans several independent PostgreSQL database instances, a cache-first read tier, change-data-capture pipeline, analytics and archival stores. Should be capable of implementing NoSQL stores (Cassandra / ScyllaDB) & MySQL  end to end as we scale.

This is a hands-on senior IC role for someone who has run demanding production databases and wants full ownership: partitioning and maintenance, performance tuning, monitoring, uptime, disaster recovery, and the security and data-governance documentation that keeps a regulated, multi-tenant platform audit-ready. You will work closely with, and take direction from, engineering leadership — translating priorities into a well-run, well-documented data platform.

What You'll Own

PostgreSQL Depth

• Administer multiple production PostgreSQL instances (v16+), including schema/DDL review, migrations, and release coordination.
• Design and maintain table partitioning strategies (range/hash/time-based) and automate partition lifecycle — creation, retention windows, and safe drops.
• Own query and instance performance tuning: EXPLAIN/ANALYZE, indexing strategy, autovacuum/bloat management, connection pooling (e.g. PgBouncer), and parameter-group tuning.
• Execute zero-downtime schema changes using expand–migrate–contract / blue-green patterns; assess lock impact and avoid long ACCESS EXCLUSIVE locks on hot tables.
• Manage replica topology (writer/reader endpoints), replication lag, and read-scaling as load grows.
• Partner with app teams on migration tooling (e.g. Flyway) and paired forward/rollback scripts; enforce idempotent, reviewed, tested DDL.

NoSQL & Scale

• Data-model, deploy, and operate distributed NoSQL clusters — Cassandra and/or ScyllaDB — including partition/clustering key design, compaction strategy, repair, and node operations (bootstrap, decommission, scale-out).
• Lead the planned migration of high-volume payload tables from partitioned PostgreSQL to Cassandra/ScyllaDB: capacity planning, dual-write/backfill design, cutover, and validation.
• Tune distributed-store read/write paths, consistency levels, and cluster sizing for predictable latency at scale.
• Support the cache-first architecture (Redis) and change-data-capture / streaming pipelines (e.g. Kafka) that move data to analytics and cold-archival stores.

Operations, Reliability & DR

• Own database uptime and SLOs; build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and dashboards for the key signals (latency, replication lag, CPU/IO, connections, vacuum lag, error rates).
• Define and regularly test backup and disaster-recovery strategy — RPO/RTO targets, point-in-time recovery, restore drills, and cross-AZ / future multi-region readiness.
• Drive incident response for database-related issues: triage, mitigation, root-cause analysis, and follow-up actions.
• Write and maintain runbooks (partition maintenance, failover, archival, DR, migration procedures) and participate in an on-call rotation for the data layer.
• Establish production-change discipline: pre-flight and post-deploy verification, rollback criteria, and backup verification before destructive operations.

Security, Governance & Documentation

• Implement and maintain database access control — least-privilege roles, schema-scoped permissions, and row-level security (RLS) for multi-tenant isolation.
• Own data-governance documentation: PII maps, per-table retention policies, audit-readiness, and the controls behind privacy-regulation compliance (e.g. GDPR / DPDP-style erasure and legal-hold workflows).
• Author and maintain architecture decision records (ADRs), schema documentation, and monitoring/runbook docs so the data platform is legible to the wider team.
• Uphold encryption-at-rest/in-transit posture and safe handling of sensitive columns; keep the data layer aligned with the platform's compliance requirements.

Coding & Automation Bar (Required)

This role is automation-first, not click-ops. The right candidate treats repetitive database work as something to script away and can drop into application code when a problem demands it.

• Strong scripting in Python and Bash for automation of maintenance, backups, partition management, backfills, and health checks.
• Comfortable with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform) and configuration management (e.g. Ansible) for reproducible database infrastructure.
• Solid SQL and PL/pgSQL; able to read and debug application-layer database code and, worst case, write or patch application code (e.g. Python/Node/Java) to unblock a fix.
• Fluent with Git-based workflows, code review, and CI for database migrations and tooling.

Required Qualifications

• 6–9 years operating relational databases in demanding production environments, with deep PostgreSQL expertise (internals, partitioning, replication, performance tuning).
• Hands-on experience running at least one distributed NoSQL store in production — Cassandra or ScyllaDB strongly preferred (other wide-column/distributed stores considered).
• Proven ownership of backup/DR, monitoring, and incident response for production databases.
• Strong scripting/automation background (Python, Bash) and experience with IaC.
• Experience with managed cloud databases (AWS RDS or equivalent) and understanding of instance/parameter-group tuning, replicas, and failover.
• Experience designing for multi-tenancy and data isolation at scale.
• Clear written communication — able to produce runbooks, ADRs, and governance docs a team can rely on.

Nice to Have

• Experience migrating workloads from PostgreSQL to Cassandra/ScyllaDB (or similar relational-to-distributed migrations).
• Familiarity with Redis as a cache tier and with CDC / streaming pipelines (e.g. Kafka, Debezium).
• Exposure to Flyway (or Liquibase), pgTAP or similar schema testing, and PgBouncer.
• Working knowledge of privacy regulations (GDPR, India DPDP) and audit/compliance processes.

How You Work

• Ownership mindset — takes a directive and runs it to done, with sound judgment on trade-offs.
• Reliability-first and detail-oriented; disciplined about verification, rollback, and documentation.
• Collaborative in a high-performing engineering team; communicates clearly with developers and leadership.
• Pragmatic and scale-aware — designs for where the platform is going, not just where it is.

We are looking for a dynamic Data Engineer to join our team of technology enthusiasts. You will leverage data to drive strategic decision-making and pioneering solutions, working with complex datasets, collaborating closely with stakeholders, and transforming data into actionable insights to drive innovation.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Data Engineer
• Hands-on experience with Azure cloud-based data solutions
• Expertise in database design and management, including SQL databases such as SQL Server
• Proficient in ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) design for data integration and processing
• Strong knowledge of data modeling principles and techniques
• Ability to analyze and translate data into actionable insights, reports, and visualizations
• Proficiency in Power BI for reporting and data visualization

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Power BI Report Builder / Reporting Services
• Knowledge of statistical analysis or Data Science
• Experience within the UK Insurance industry is a plus
• Python or R coding skills

Responsibilities:

• Implement efficient data exchange between internal and external systems to increase efficiency and reduce re-keying and translation errors
• Support the Broking business by developing high-quality information resources, ensuring data availability and accessibility for decision-making
• Engineer data inputs and outputs from core applications and semi-structured remote service data through data syncs between data lake, ODS (SQL database), and leveraging Fabric and ADF
• Perform data engineering tasks including ingestion, cleansing, and collation from a wide range of internal and external sources
• Implement different methods of streaming data and create reconciliations for datasets
• Build analytical models to support reporting and analytics
• Collaborate with an agile delivery team to work on the backlog of specified work

Azure AD + Windows & SQL Administrator

Location: Faridabad, Haryana

Experience: 8+ Years

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID + Windows & SQL Administrator with 8+ years of hands-on experience in managing enterprise infrastructure and hybrid Microsoft environments.

The candidate will be responsible for administration, troubleshooting, security, monitoring, backup, patching, and maintenance of Azure AD/Entra ID, Active Directory, Windows Server, and Microsoft SQL Server environments.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure AD / Entra ID.
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory and Azure AD Connect / Entra Connect.
• Extensive experience in Windows Server Administration – 2016/2019/2022.
• Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server Administration.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Backup, Restore, Patching, and Performance Tuning.
• Good knowledge of DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy (GPO).
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
• Experience working with Hybrid Identity and Azure Infrastructure.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in an enterprise/global infrastructure environment.

Position : SQL Database Developer

Experience : 10+ Years

Domain : Mutual Fund / Capital Markets

Location : Noida

Work Mode : Hybrid

Role Overview :

We are looking for a Senior SQL Developer with 10+ years of experience in SQL Server and T-SQL development, preferably with experience in the Mutual Fund / Capital Markets / Financial Services domain.

Mandatory Skills :

• SQL Server & T-SQL
• Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers, Views & SQL Jobs
• Complex SQL Queries & Data Manipulation
• Query Performance Tuning & Optimization
• Indexing, Execution Plans & Partitioning
• Data Migration, Porting, Transformation & Validation
• Database Troubleshooting
• SQL Server Performance Monitoring
• Version Control / Git
• Database Security & Data Integrity

Domain Knowledge :

• Mutual Fund / Capital Markets experience preferred.
• Understanding of financial transactions, reporting, reconciliation, and business processes.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and optimize T-SQL queries, stored procedures, views, functions, and triggers.
• Perform query tuning, indexing, execution plan analysis, and performance optimization.
• Handle data migration, transformation, porting, validation, and reconciliation.
• Troubleshoot database and production/UAT issues.
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, consistency, and security.
• Work with developers, BAs, QA teams, and business stakeholders.
• Independently own database development and optimization activities.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.

Business Intelligence Analyst - 2

Planview is the world leader in enterprise software planning for enterprise-wide deployment strategies, processes and resources. More than 4000 customers, among the world's largest and most respected companies, have successfully implemented Planview software to optimize their enterprise portfolio management, project, portfolio and resource management, business intelligence and expense tracking processes. We have had stable, organic growth for years and now need reinforcement.

Job Summary:

The Planview BI Team is seeking an experienced Business Intelligence Analyst – 2 to support, troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance business intelligence and reporting solutions built on Planview products.

This role focuses on advanced BI support across Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, SQL Server, SSAS, SSRS, OData, Dataflows, Data Pipelines, Data warehousing, and Data models. The BI Analyst – 2 will handle complex technical issues, perform advanced root-cause analysis and performance tuning, and work closely with customers and internal teams to deliver scalable BI solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

· Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues involving data accuracy, refresh failures, report behavior, connectivity, security, and performance across Power BI, SSRS, SSAS, SQL Server, OData, and Data warehousing layers.

· Perform advanced T-SQL development and performance tuning, including execution plans, indexing, query optimization, stored procedures, views, and complex queries.

· Support, develop, maintain, and optimize Power BI semantic models, DAX measures, Power Query, datasets, workspaces, gateways, refreshes, and Row-Level Security.

· Support and troubleshoot SSAS Tabular and Multidimensional models, including processing, calculations, relationships, security, and performance.

· Develop and troubleshoot advanced SSRS/paginated reports, including parameters, subreports, drill-through, expressions, pagination, subscriptions, and export formats.

· Support Microsoft Fabric solutions including Data Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Lakehouse/Warehouse, semantic models, and Power BI integration.

· Troubleshoot ETL/ELT processes, data pipelines, Dataflows, refresh failures, and data transformation issues across BI environments.

· Analyze and troubleshoot OData feeds, including filtering, pagination, refresh, connectivity, and large-volume data scenarios.

· Support Planview Automart, Datamart, and data warehouse implementations and ensure data consistency across source, warehouse, semantic, and reporting layers.

· Perform end-to-end root-cause analysis and performance optimization across the BI technology stack.

· Collaborate with customers, Product, Engineering, Hosting, and Support teams on complex technical issues and escalations.

· Provide technical guidance and mentoring to BI Analyst – 1 team members and contribute to BI best practices and documentation.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

·      5+ years of professional experience in Business Intelligence Development, BI Support, Data Analytics, or a related field.

·      Strong hands-on experience with Power BI, DAX, Power Query, and enterprise data modeling.

·      Advanced knowledge of SQL Server and T-SQL, including query optimization and performance tuning.

·      Strong experience with SSRS and enterprise reporting.

·      Experience with SSAS Tabular and/or Multidimensional models.

·      Experience with Microsoft Fabric, particularly Data Pipelines, Dataflows, Lakehouse/Warehouse, and Power BI.

·      Experience working with OData and enterprise data integration.

·      Strong understanding of Data Warehousing, Datamarts, Automart, ETL/ELT, and data modeling.

·      Experience troubleshooting Power BI Service, gateways, refreshes, security, and semantic models.

·      Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills.

·      Proven ability to work directly with customers and communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

·      Experience with tools such as DAX Studio, Tabular Editor, Performance Analyzer, Query Store, or SQL Profiler is an advantage.

• Relevant Microsoft certifications such as PL-300, DP-600, or DP-203 are an added advantage.

A Database Architectdesigns, builds, and optimizes large-scale database systems, data models, and storage infrastructures to ensure high performance, security, and scalability

Requried Skills::

Typically requires 12+ years of hands-on experience in database administration, database development, or systems architecture

• Deep expertise in SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB).
• Hands on Experience in Couchbase
• Proficiency in data modeling tools and cloud architecture.
• Knowledge of data governance, security standards, and high-availability frameworks.

Connect new databases with existing infrastructure, APIs, and cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)

Partner with software developers, data engineers, and IT teams to guide database implementation and operational best practices

Qualification ::

Education: A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field (some senior roles prefer a master's degree).