Database Reliability Engineer III- Eng (MS Sql, Grafana, Python)

UKG; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) in Dadri is looking for a Database Reliability Engineer III. The ideal candidate will ensure the reliability and performance of critical database systems, with responsibilities including performance tuning and incident management.

This role requires strong skills in PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or MySQL, along with automation experience. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT is essential.

The position is part of a team that values diversity and promotes equal opportunity in the workplace.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in database reliability engineering or equivalent role.
• Proven experience with one or more DBMS systems such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or MySQL.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in SQL.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability, availability, and performance of mission critical database systems.
• Own incident management and drive performance tuning.
• Automate routine DBA tasks and enhance operational processes.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Microsoft SQL Server

MySQL

Query optimization & performance troubleshooting

Index design

Monitoring tools

Grafana

Cloud exposure (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Linux/Windows fundamentals

Strong SQL skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Grafana

Splunk

Prometheus

SolarWinds DPA

Job description

Job Title: Database Reliability Engineer III – Eng

Experience: 5–8 Years

Location: Noida | Shift: 12×7 support (on call rotation)

Role Overview

We are looking for a Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) who applies SRE principles to database platforms to ensure high availability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence. The role combines deep database expertise with automation, observability and incident management.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability, availability, and performance of mission critical database systems
• Own incident management (P1–P3), root cause analysis, and long term fix tracking
• Drive performance tuning (queries, indexing, statistics, execution plans)
• Basic understanding of AIOps and use of AI/LLMs (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Vertex AI) for RCA, query insights, and runbook generation
• Exposure to cloud-managed databases (AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL, GCP Cloud SQL) and their intelligent features
• Experience with AI-driven observability tools (Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, Grafana)
• Ability to automate routine DBA tasks (patching, reboot, backups, health checks) and repetitive work using GHA, Python, Bash, Jenkins, or PowerShell
• Capability to build AI-assisted alert-driven automation, including SOP execution, anomaly detection, and alert noise reduction
• Good with RDBMS concepts
• Design, implement and improve monitoring, alerting and error budgets
• Perform capacity planning and growth forecasting
• Execute database upgrades, migrations, patching and DR exercises
• Maintain HA/DR, backup, restore and failover readiness
• Reduce toil through automation and standardization
• Enforce security, compliance and audit requirements (SOC, access controls)
• Build and maintain SOPs, runbooks and recommended actions
• Partner closely with Engineering, SRE, Infra and Application teams
• Exposure to CI/CD and Infra as Code
• Prior on call experience in enterprise environments

Technical Skills (Mandatory)

• Strong experience with one or more:
  • PostgreSQL
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MySQL
• Expertise in:
  • Query optimization & performance troubleshooting
  • Index design, statistics management
  • HA & replication (Always On, Streaming Replication, Failover)
• Monitoring & observability tools:
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • Splunk
  • SolarWinds DPA or equivalent
• OS fundamentals: Linux and/or Windows
• Cloud exposure: GCP / AWS / Azure
• Strong SQL and production troubleshooting skills

DBRE / SRE Expectations

• Automation using Shell, PowerShell, Python, GHA
• Strong understanding of:
  • Alert noise reduction
  • MTTR, MTTM, SLIs/SLOs
  • Proactive vs reactive operations
• Experience supporting large scale, multi tenant production systems

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT or equivalent practical experience

Equal Opportunity

UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.

It is the policy of Ultimate Software to promote and assure equal employment opportunity for all current and prospective employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status entitled to protection under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. This policy governs all matters related to recruitment, advertising, and initial selection of employment. It shall also apply to all other aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, compensation, promotion, demotion, transfer, lay‑offs, terminations, leave of absence, and training opportunities.