Database Engineer

NomiSo, Inc; Bengaluru; Sur place; INR 3 500 000 - 5 500 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Nomiso is seeking a Database Engineer to own live MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL databases, both on‑premise and cloud, ensuring high availability and performance. You will handle data copies, migrations, and incident resolution with a strong SRE mindset, automating repetitive work and reducing toil.

The role requires hands‑on expertise, on‑call readiness, and the ability to write clear runbooks for knowledge sharing across teams in India and South East Asia.

Qualifications

• Writes and updates runbooks promptly.
• Clear communicator who can explain technical issues in simple terms.
• Open to learning new database engines.

Responsabilités

• Administer MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL databases in production (on‑premise and cloud).
• Troubleshoot replication lag, failovers, disk issues, and restore databases under time pressure.
• Perform data copies between environments and migrations (on‑premise to cloud, version upgrades).
• Optimize queries, manage backups/restores, and ensure high availability.
• Write and maintain runbooks, ensuring knowledge sharing across the team.
• Suggest performance improvements, cost savings, and upgrade plans to leads.

Connaissances

Database administration

SRE mindset

Automation

Incident resolution

Runbooks writing

Formation

B.E./B.Tech or equivalent

Outils

MySQL

MariaDB

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kafka

RabbitMQ

ElastiCache

ETCD

Oracle

MongoDB

Description du poste

Nomiso manages database and middleware services for a large telecom operator group across 15+ markets in India and South East Asia. As a Database Engineer, you will own live MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL databases—both on‑premise and cloud—that carry subscriber traffic. You will also handle data copies, migrations, and incident resolution. This is a hands‑on role requiring strong technical depth and an SRE mindset: automate repetitive work, tune alerts, and reduce repeat incidents.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL databases in production (on‑premise and cloud).
• Troubleshoot replication lag, failovers, disk issues, and restore databases under time pressure.
• Perform data copies between environments and migrations (on‑premise to cloud, version upgrades).
• Optimize queries, manage backups/restores, and ensure high availability.
• Write and maintain runbooks, ensuring knowledge sharing across the team.
• Suggest performance improvements, cost savings, and upgrade plans to leads.

Required Background

Editions: MySQL Community · Percona Server for MySQL · Percona XtraDB Cluster · MariaDB Community · PostgreSQL Community · Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL

Middleware: Redis · ElastiCache · Kafka · MSK · RabbitMQ · Amazon MQ · ETCD (working knowledge, at least two)

Performance & version analysis: Slow query log · pt-query-digest · EXPLAIN plans · pg_stat_statements · Capacity trends · Version and end-of-life review · Upgrade plans

Cost & improvement: Right‑size RDS, Aurora and CloudSQL · Reserved instances · Archive and purge · Community or Percona over paid editions · Monthly savings ideas

Added advantage: Oracle · MongoDB

Practices: ITIL incident, problem and change · SRE (SLOs, postmortems, toil reduction) · On call roster · Runbooks

Qualification: B.E./B.Tech or equivalent

• Writes and updates runbooks promptly.
• Clear communicator who can explain technical issues in simple terms.
• Open to learning new database engines.

Reporting Line

Reports to the Delivery Manager, Database Managed Services. Works closely with client engineering leads and support teams across India and South East Asia.