Open Source Database Administrator

PineQ Lab Technology; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PineQ Lab Technology in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Open Source DBA to manage PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB environments. The role focuses on installation, tuning, backup/recovery, and high availability to ensure reliable business applications.

You will monitor performance, implement security hardening, perform migrations, and support deployments with on-call incident management. A strong background in capacity planning and governance standards is required.

Qualifications

• Experience managing open-source database environments (MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL).
• Strong DBA skills including backups, replication, and HA.
• Experience with security hardening and governance standards.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain open-source DB environments.
• Perform health checks, monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Troubleshoot performance issues and optimize queries.
• Manage backups, restores, DR, and migrations.
• Implement high-availability and replication solutions.
• Apply patches, upgrades, and security hardening.
• Monitor availability, storage, and performance metrics.
• Support deployments and database releases with applications teams.
• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards.
• Participate in on-call support and incident management.

Skills

MySQL

MongoDB

Job description

Experience: 5-10 Years

Role Summary

The Open Source DBA is responsible for the installation, configuration, administration, monitoring, performance tuning, security, backup, recovery, and high availability of open-source database platforms such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and related technologies. The role ensures database reliability, security, and optimal performance to support business-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain open-source database environments.
• Perform database health checks, monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Troubleshoot database performance issues and optimize queries.
• Manage backups, restores, disaster recovery, and database migrations.
• Implement and maintain high-availability and replication solutions.
• Apply database patches, upgrades, and security hardening.
• Monitor database availability, storage utilization, and performance metrics.
• Support application teams during deployments and database releases.
• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards.
• Participate in on-call support and incident management activities.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong administration experience in one or more:
• o MySQL
• o MongoDB
• Database backup and recovery strategies.
• Replication, clustering, and high-availability configurations.
• Performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing.