Database Administrator (DBA)

Uffizio Group; Valsad District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Uffizio Group in Gujarat, India seeks a Database Administrator (DBA) who thrives on solving complex data problems and understands how databases work under pressure, including tuning performance and ensuring data integrity.

You will manage daily operations, optimize slow queries, implement backups and security measures, monitor health, and collaborate with development and DevOps to continuously improve application performance.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL knowledge and fundamentals of database design.
• Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL is required.
• Ability to analyze queries and optimize execution plans.
• Experience with backups, recovery, and monitoring.
• Familiarity with security practices for databases.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day database operations, health, and availability.
• Identify slow queries and optimize indexes and schemas.
• Handle backups, recovery, and production issue resolution.
• Investigate bottlenecks, perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps to improve app performance.

Skills

SQL

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Query optimization

Backups & recovery

Performance monitoring

Security best practices

Troubleshooting

Job description

We are looking for a Database Administrator (DBA) who has strong database fundamentals, a problem-solving mindset, and a genuine curiosity about how databases work.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day database operations, health, performance, security, and availability.
• Identify and optimize slow queries, indexes, database schemas, and execution plans.
• Handle database backups, recovery, monitoring, upgrades, and production issues.
• Investigate database bottlenecks, perform root cause analysis, and implement permanent solutions.
• Work closely with development and DevOps teams to improve application and database performance.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of SQL, database concepts, indexing, joins, transactions, locking, and query optimization.
• Hands-on knowledge of MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Good troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Understanding of database performance, security, backup, and recovery.

Who Can Apply?

We welcome experienced DBAs as well as software developers who have a strong understanding of databases and are curious to explore them in depth.

If you understand how databases work, enjoy solving complex problems, ask the right questions, and want to go beyond simply writing queries, we would love to hear from you!

We value practical knowledge, curiosity, problem-solving ability, and a learning mindset over job titles alone.