Infrastructure Engineer II – Data Platforms (SQL DBA)

General Mills; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills in Mumbai is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead migration and modernization of enterprise SQL Server databases to the public cloud. You will administer SQL Server 2019/2022 in a 24/7 environment, implement Availability Groups, and automate with PowerShell and Terraform.

Collaborate with application teams to ensure high availability, security, and scalable performance while driving DevOps and Agile practices within the Digital & Technology group.

Qualifications

• 5+ years administering, designing, modernizing, or migrating enterprise SQL Server databases.
• SQL Server 2019/2022; Availability Groups; Distributed AGs; PowerShell; Terraform.
• HA/DR, backup and recovery, tuning, and production support.
• Cloud adoption, security, governance, and integration.
• Automating provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle with PowerShell & Terraform.
• Strong Windows Server and clustering experience; Linux beneficial.
• DevOps and Agile practices; proofs of concept.
• Service-oriented DB design with self-service provisioning.
• Excellent communication and collaboration; customer focused.

Responsibilities

• Lead MS SQL Server migration and modernization to the public cloud.
• Migrate workloads to GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Own migration processes, docs, automation, and tooling.
• Administer SQL Server 2019/2022 in 24/7 environments.
• Implement and support Availability Groups and Distributed AGs.
• Perform tuning, capacity planning, backups, patching, and upgrades.
• Use PowerShell to automate provisioning and monitoring.
• Use Terraform to provision cloud DB infrastructure.
• Ensure cloud security standards and reduce risk.
• Collaborate with application teams to resolve tickets.
• Resolve failures and alerts within an Agile framework.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Self-starter

Customer focus

Tools

PowerShell

Terraform

Ansible

Python scripting

GitHub

Job description

Company Overview

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

Overview

Are you a database expert who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-platform environment? As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer on our Digital & Technology team, you will lead the migration and modernization of enterprise Microsoft SQL Server databases to the public cloud. You will administer mission-critical SQL Server 2019 and 2022 platforms in a 24/7 environment, focusing on Availability Groups, Distributed Availability Groups, PowerShell automation, and terraform. This is your opportunity to shape cloud database engineering at a Fortune 500 company.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead Microsoft SQL Server migration and modernization to the public cloud.
• Migrate SQL Server workloads to GCP or other public cloud platforms.
• Own migration processes, documentation, automation, and tooling.
• Administer mission-critical SQL Server 2019 and 2022 platforms in a 24/7 environment.
• Implement and support SQL Server Availability Groups.
• Implement and support Distributed Availability Groups.
• Perform database tuning, capacity planning, backup and recovery, patching, and upgrades.
• Use PowerShell to automate provisioning, monitoring, and support processes.
• Use Terraform to provision and manage database infrastructure in cloud environments.
• Meet cloud security standards and reduce operational and security risk.
• Collaborate with application stakeholders to resolve tickets.
• Resolve failures and critical alerts within an Agile framework.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years administering, designing, modernizing, or migrating enterprise SQL Server databases.
• Core Technical Skills: SQL Server 2019 and 2022; Availability Groups; Distributed Availability Groups; PowerShell; and terraform.
• High Availability and Recovery: Experience with HA, DR, backup and recovery, tuning, and production support.
• Cloud Experience: Experience with cloud adoption, security, governance, and integration.
• Automation and DevOps: Experience automating provisioning, support, monitoring, and lifecycle operations with PowerShell and Terraform.
• Operating Systems: Strong Windows Server and Windows clustering experience; Linux is beneficial.
• Engineering Practices: Working knowledge of DevOps and Agile practices and proofs of concept.
• Service Orientation: Experience designing user-centric database services, including self-service provisioning.
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication and collaboration skills; flexible, reliable, self-starting, and customer focused.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud Database Experience: Experience operating SQL Server workloads on GCP, Azure, AWS, or other public clouds.
• Automation Tooling: Ansible, GitHub, or similar tooling; Python scripting.
• Infrastructure Engineering: CI/CD practices and automated database provisioning workflows.
• Additional Experience: Agile methods, Linux administration, and PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.