Database Administrator

Intrinsic Global Communications; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Intrinsic Global Communications seeks a Database Administrator to install, configure, maintain, and upgrade database systems, ensuring optimal performance and high availability. You will monitor performance, perform backups, manage security, and support DR planning.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL and collaborate with developers and operations teams to resolve issues while maintaining documentation and best practices.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in database administration, SQL, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and database security.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade database systems to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Monitor database performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize queries to improve response times.
• Perform regular database backups, recovery testing, and disaster recovery planning.
• Manage database security, user accounts, roles, permissions, and access controls.
• Ensure data integrity, consistency, availability, and confidentiality across database environments.
• Identify and resolve database errors, performance bottlenecks, and connectivity issues.
• Perform database patching, upgrades, capacity planning, and routine maintenance.
• Develop and maintain database scripts for automation, monitoring, and administrative tasks.
• Support database replication, high availability, and failover configurations.
• Collaborate with developers, infrastructure teams, and application support teams to resolve database-related issues.
• Maintain database documentation, operational procedures, and technical reports.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security policies and database administration best practices.
• Participate in incident management, root cause analysis, and preventive maintenance activities.

Skills

Database administration

SQL

Performance tuning

Backup and recovery

Database security

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade database systems to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Monitor database performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize queries to improve response times.
• Perform regular database backups, recovery testing, and disaster recovery planning.
• Manage database security, user accounts, roles, permissions, and access controls.
• Ensure data integrity, consistency, availability, and confidentiality across database environments.
• Identify and resolve database errors, performance bottlenecks, and connectivity issues.
• Perform database patching, upgrades, capacity planning, and routine maintenance.
• Develop and maintain database scripts for automation, monitoring, and administrative tasks.
• Support database replication, high availability, and failover configurations.
• Collaborate with developers, infrastructure teams, and application support teams to resolve database-related issues.
• Maintain database documentation, operational procedures, and technical reports.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security policies and database administration best practices.
• Participate in incident management, root cause analysis, and preventive maintenance activities.

Preferred candidate profile

Candidates with hands‑on experience in database administration, SQL, database performance tuning, backup and recovery, and database security. Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL is preferred.