Mysql Database Administrator - Urgent

Cyberco Solutions; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyberco Solutions is seeking an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) with DevOps skills to join our Hyderabad team. You will manage high-volume databases, optimize complex SQL, and ensure high availability, security, and scalability across Linux servers and Nginx-based web services.

The role emphasizes architecture/design, performance tuning, backups, DR, and collaboration with DevOps to maintain stable production environments. 6–10 years of hands-on experience is required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on experience in MySQL/MariaDB/ PostgreSQL DBA roles.
• Experience with high-volume databases, performance tuning, and high availability.
• Strong Linux server administration and shell scripting skills.
• Proficient with Nginx and web server configurations.
• Experience with DevOps workflows, CI/CD, and containerization (Docker).
• Knowledge of backup, disaster recovery, and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable database architectures.
• Create efficient schemas, tables, indexes, relationships, and stored procedures.
• Tune queries, analyze execution plans, and optimize performance.
• Manage backups, replication, failover, and disaster recovery.
• Administer Linux servers, monitor resources, and harden security.
• Install, configure, and optimize Nginx and web server infrastructure.
• Oversee deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure maintenance in a CI/CD setup.
• Collaborate with developers and DevOps to ensure robust production systems.

Skills

MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL

Database architecture

SQL optimization

Linux administration

Nginx/ web servers

DevOps/ CI/CD

Shell scripting

Monitoring/ alerting

Tools

Docker

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Prometheus

Grafana

Zabbix

Nginx

Apache

Job description

Note: Applicants must have a minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience in MySQL Database Administration (DBA) to apply.

Job Title: Database Administrator (DBA) & DevOps

Experience: 6 to 10 Years
Location: Hyderabad / Madhapur / Hitech City
Employment Type: Full-Time
Department: Technology / Infrastructure

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) with strong expertise in database architecture, database design, performance optimization, and troubleshooting large-scale databases.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience managing high-volume databases, optimizing complex queries, resolving database performance issues, and ensuring high availability, security, and scalability.

The candidate should also possess good DevOps and Linux administration skills, particularly in managing Linux servers, Nginx, server configurations, monitoring, and application infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

1. Database Architecture & Design

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable database architectures.
• Create efficient database schemas, tables, indexes, relationships, and stored procedures.
• Analyze application requirements and recommend appropriate database structures.
• Handle large databases with millions or billions of records.
• Implement database partitioning, replication, clustering, and sharding where required.
• Plan database capacity, scalability, and storage requirements.

2. Database Administration & Performance Optimization

• Manage, monitor, and maintain production databases.
• Troubleshoot complex database performance issues.
• Optimize slow SQL queries and improve database response times.
• Analyze execution plans, indexing strategies, locks, deadlocks, and bottlenecks.
• Perform database tuning and resource optimization.
• Manage database backups, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery.
• Ensure database availability, reliability, and data integrity.

3. Linux Server Administration

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux servers (Ubuntu, CentOS, Rocky Linux or similar).
• Manage server configurations, processes, services, permissions, and storage.
• Monitor CPU, RAM, disk I/O, network usage, and system performance.
• Troubleshoot server-level performance and connectivity issues.
• Manage SSH, firewall rules, security updates, and server hardening.
• Automate routine administration tasks using Shell/Bash scripting.

4. Nginx & Web Server Management

• Install, configure, and maintain Nginx web servers.
• Configure reverse proxies, load balancing, and SSL certificates.
• Troubleshoot HTTP/HTTPS, connectivity, timeout, and server response issues.
• Optimize Nginx configurations for high-traffic applications.
• Configure caching, compression, and connection management.
• Analyze Nginx access and error logs.

5. DevOps & Infrastructure Management

• Experience with deployment, production monitoring, and infrastructure maintenance.
• Work with Git-based deployment workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage application environments and production server configurations.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and automated backups.
• Work with Docker and containerized environments (preferred).
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues.
• Ensure production systems are stable, secure, and scalable.

Required Technical Skills

• Databases: MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL (strong expertise in at least one).
• Database Engineering: SQL optimization, indexing, partitioning, replication, clustering, query profiling.
• Operating Systems: Linux / Ubuntu / CentOS / Rocky Linux.
• Web Servers: Nginx, Apache.
• DevOps: Bash/Shell scripting, Git, CI/CD, Docker.
• Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix or similar.
• Infrastructure: Server performance monitoring, load balancing, backup and disaster recovery.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience handling high-traffic applications and large-scale production databases.
• Experience with gaming, fintech, payment gateways, or transaction-heavy platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Experience with Redis, database caching, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of security, database auditing, and disaster recovery planning.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Capable of independently troubleshooting critical production issues.
• Good understanding of application architecture and backend infrastructure.
• Able to work closely with backend developers and DevOps engineers.
• Comfortable managing mission-critical production environments.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on large-scale technology platforms.
• Challenging database and infrastructure projects.
• Collaborative engineering environment.
• Competitive salary based on experience and technical expertise.