Cloud DBA III – IN (PostgreSQL)

Webhosting; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Rackspace Technology is seeking an experienced Database Reliability Engineer III/II to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability of our multi-cloud DBaaS platform. The role covers DBA management, IaC, observability, and DR planning across distributed cloud environments.

The candidate will lead incident management, monitoring, and on-call rotations, collaborating with DevOps and Engineering teams. The position is listed as Remote Full-time with Hyderabad work location and 24x7 rotational

Qualifications

• Must have deep DBA skills including MySQL/SQLServer and backup/recovery strategies.

Skills

DBA Skills

MySQL

SQLServer

Backup & Recovery

Performance Tuning

Database Security

IaC

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Observability

ELK Stack

Database Migration

Database Scaling

Incident Management

Monitoring & Alerting

SLOs/SLAs

DR Planning

Communication

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

CloudWatch

ELK Stack

Job description

Remote Full-time Not specified Operations

Job Description

Role– Database Reliability Engineer III/II – IN

Location– Work From Office – Hyderabad

Shift– Ok to work in 24×7 rotational shift

Role Summary

We are seeking an experiencedDBREto ensure reliability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence of ourmulti-cloud DBaaS platformacross:

Amazon Web Services

This role combines deep database expertise with SRE principles to build highly available, automated, and resilient database platforms. The DBRE Lead will drive operational standards, automation frameworks, and reliability engineering practices across distributed cloud environments

For this role followingmandatory skillsare typically required:

1. Database Administration (DBA) Skills

Secondary Database:MySQL, SQLServer

Database Backup & Recovery:Tools and strategies for database backups and disaster recovery.

Performance Tuning:Query optimization, indexing strategies, and database performance troubleshooting.

Database Security:User management, roles, access control, and auditing.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC):Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes.

Observability Tools:ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

Database Migration:Migrating databases across different platforms or cloud environments.

Database Scaling:Vertical and horizontal scaling techniques in cloud environments.

3. SRE Principles (Site Reliability Engineering)

Incident Management:Handling database outages, incident response, and on-call rotations.

Monitoring and Alerting:Tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch.

Service Level Objectives (SLOs) / Service Level Agreements (SLAs):Ensuring uptime and performance targets.

Disaster Recovery Planning:Ensuring high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.

4 . Soft Skills

Communication Skills:Clear communication with stakeholders and engineering teams.

Problem-Solving:Ability to troubleshoot complex database issues under pressure.

Collaboration:Working closely with DevOps, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams.

About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies – across applications, data and security – to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

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