Principal Database Administrator

Tekskills Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. seeks a Principal Database Administrator with 10+ years experience to lead Snowflake administration across cloud and on-prem environments. You will optimize performance and costs, manage RBAC and security, and oversee data sharing, replication, and automation using Python, PowerShell or Terraform.

Experience with SQL Server on-prem and Azure is required; Databricks and AI/ML exposure are a plus. Location: Coimbatore/Chennai.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Snowflake administration.
• Strong Snowflake performance tuning and cost optimization.
• Snowflake RBAC, security, access management & governance.
• Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Secure Data Sharing & replication.
• Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance.
• Strong SQL Server administration - On-Prem & Azure.
• Always On, Replication, SQL Agent / SSIS.
• Backup, Recovery, HA & DR.
• Strong SQL & query optimization.
• Python / PowerShell / Terraform for automation.
• CI/CD & source-controlled database deployments.
• Strong security, monitoring, alerting & incident management.
• Databricks / modern cloud data platforms.
• AI/ML platform experience - good to have.
• Preferred: SnowPro cert, Azure DBA cert, Terraform, Airflow, Databricks, AI/ML and regulated financial services experience.

Skills

Snowflake administration

Performance tuning

Cost optimization

RBAC security

Access governance

Data sharing

Replication

SQL Server administration

On-Prem & Azure

Backup & DR

Query optimization

Automation scripting

CI/CD

Security monitoring

AI/ML platforms

Databricks

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Airflow

Databricks

Job description

Hiring: Principal Database Administrator Snowflake / Cloud / On-Prem

Location: Coimbatore / Chennai
Experience: 10+ Years

Key Requirements:

• 3+ years of hands-on Snowflake Administration
• Strong Snowflake performance tuning & cost optimization
• Snowflake RBAC, security, access management & governance
• Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Secure Data Sharing & Replication
• Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance
• Strong SQL Server Administration - On-Prem & Azure
• Always On, Replication, SQL Agent / SSIS
• Backup, Recovery, HA & DR
• Strong SQL & Query Optimization
• Python / PowerShell / Terraform for automation
• CI/CD & source-controlled database deployments
• Strong security, monitoring, alerting & incident management
• Databricks / modern cloud data platforms - good to have
• AI/ML platform experience - good to have

Qualification: Bachelor's / Master's degree in CS, Engineering or related field.

Preferred: SnowPro certification, Azure Database Administrator certification, Terraform, Airflow, Databricks, AI/ML and regulated financial services experience.