Database Engineer - PostGreSQL / MySQL

Ericsson; Dadri; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson India is seeking an experienced Engineer Application Operations (Database Administrator) to support 24×7 production database infrastructure across multiple platforms. You will manage standby systems, optimize performance, and respond to incidents in a high-availability telecom environment.

The role offers exposure to modern database technologies and opportunities to develop automation and monitoring capabilities within a complex, mission-critical setting.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years hands-on DBA experience in Telecom or IT environments.
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra and ability to learn new technologies.
• Strong understanding of standby database concepts and high-availability architectures.
• Experience in database performance tuning, query optimization, and SQL troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with SDLC phases and PL/SQL programming.

Responsibilities

• Execute daily BAU checks and health monitoring from a database operations perspective.
• Join System Recovery Teams to provide database expertise during incidents and escalations.
• Develop, test, and deploy automated monitoring and alerting scripts.
• Perform database performance tuning and SQL optimization on PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra.
• Troubleshoot production database issues, including standby/failover scenarios.
• Design, code, test, and integrate custom database solutions.
• Prepare technical documentation and solution descriptions for new implementations.
• Own assigned tasks end-to-end and coordinate across teams.
• Maintain SLA targets, ticket quality metrics, and incident processes.
• Support 24×7 operations with on-call rotations as required.

Skills

DBA experience

SQL troubleshooting

Performance tuning

High availability

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Cassandra

Job description

About This Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Engineer Application Operations (Database Administrator) to join our Telecom/IT operations team. This is a critical role supporting our 24×7 production database infrastructure across multiple platforms. You will work with enterprise-grade databases in a high-availability environment, managing standby systems, performance optimization, and incident response for our telecom operations. This position offers exposure to modern database technologies and opportunities to develop automation and monitoring capabilities in a complex, mission-critical setting.

Join our Team

About This Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Engineer Application Operations (Database Administrator) to join our Telecom/IT operations team. This is a critical role supporting our 24×7 production database infrastructure across multiple platforms. You will work with enterprise-grade databases in a high-availability environment, managing standby systems, performance optimization and incident response for our telecom operations. This position offers exposure to modern database technologies and opportunities to develop automation and monitoring capabilities in a complex, mission-critical setting.

What You Will Do

• Execute daily BAU (Business As Usual) checks and health monitoring from a database operations perspective
• Join System Recovery Teams (SRTs) to provide database expertise during incidents and escalations
• Develop, test, and deploy automated monitoring and alerting scripts to improve operational visibility
• Perform database performance tuning and SQL optimization on PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, and other platforms
• Troubleshoot production database issues, applying expertise in standby/failover scenarios
• Design, code, test, and integrate custom database solutions and implementations aligned with SDLC phases, including PL/SQL development
• Prepare technical documentation and solution descriptions for custom implementations
• Own assigned tasks end-to-end, coordinating across teams to ensure timely resolution
• Maintain adherence to SLA targets, ticket quality metrics, and incident management processes per MSDP standards
• Support 24×7 operations with on-call rotations as required

You Will Bring

• 3–5 years of hands-on DBA experience in Telecom or IT environments
• Proficiency with multiple database platforms (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra) with demonstrated ability to learn new technologies
• Strong understanding of production standby database concepts, failover mechanisms, and high-availability architectures
• Proven expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, and SQL troubleshooting
• Solid grasp of common database operational issues and systematic troubleshooting methodologies
• Experience across SDLC phases including design, coding, testing, integration, and PL/SQL programming
• Familiarity with IT infrastructure: networks, servers, security systems, and client-server environments (advantageous)
• Commitment to operational excellence, process adherence, and customer-focused service delivery

“All academic credentials must be from recognized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification.”

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.

Primary country and city:

India (IN) ||

Req ID:

789286