Database Administrator (DB2/Netezza/Cassandra)

Infosys; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Infosys in Hyderabad invites applications for a Senior Database Administrator role focused on IBM DB2, Netezza, and Cassandra. You will administer, monitor, and optimize databases in production and non-production environments to ensure high availability and performance.

You will install, configure, upgrade, patch, and migrate databases, manage backups and recoveries, tune queries, and implement security and access controls.

Qualifications

• Experience administering IBM DB2 databases in production and non-production environments.
• Experience with Netezza or Cassandra databases for performance, availability, and scalability.
• Experience with database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations.
• Knowledge of monitoring health, storage, backups, and recovery processes.
• Ability to analyze and resolve database performance issues through tuning and optimization.
• Experience creating and maintaining backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Ability to support application teams with database design, schema changes, and query optimization.
• Experience implementing database security, user management, and access controls.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain IBM DB2 databases in production and non-production environments.
• Manage and support Netezza or Cassandra databases for performance, availability, and scalability.
• Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations.
• Monitor database health, storage, backups, and recovery processes.
• Analyze and resolve database performance issues using tuning and optimization techniques.

Skills

Cassandra Administration

Netezza Administration

SQL Administration

Education

MCA

MTech

Bachelor of Engineering

BCA

BTech

Job description

Roles Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain IBM DB2 databases in production and non-production environments.
• Manage and support Netezza or Cassandra databases for performance, availability, and scalability.
• Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations.
• Monitor database health, storage, backups, and recovery processes.
• Analyze and resolve database performance issues using tuning and optimization techniques.
• Create and maintain backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Support application teams with database design, schema changes, and query optimization.
• Implement database security, user management, and access controls.
• Automate routine DBA activities through scripting and tools.
• Troubleshoot database incidents and provide root cause analysis (RCA).
• Ensure database compliance, governance, and operational standards are followed.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, application, and support teams for production deployments.
• Maintain database documentation, operational procedures, and monitoring dashboards.
• Participate in on-call support and critical issue resolution.

Technical Requirement

• Technology->Big Data - NoSQL->Cassandra Administration
• Technology->Data Management - Data Store Administration->Netezza Administration
• Technology->infrastructure-database administration->SQL administration

Educational Requirement

• MCA
• MTech
• Bachelor of Engineering
• BCA
• BTech

Preferred Skills

• Technology->Big Data - NoSQL->Cassandra Administration
• Technology->Data Management - Data Store Administration->Netezza Administration
• Technology->infrastructure-database administration->SQL administration

Service Line

Cloud Infrastructure Services