Principal Database Administrator

Tekskills; Chennai District, Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills seeks a Principal Database Administrator to lead Snowflake, cloud and on‑prem deployments across Coimbatore and Chennai. You will own governance, performance tuning, security and data reliability for large-scale data environments.

The role requires 10+ years of database administration experience, hands-on Snowflake administration, strong SQL Server expertise, and automation using Python, PowerShell or Terraform. Opportunities to advance modern data platforms await.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of database administration experience.
• Hands-on Snowflake administration required.
• Strong SQL, performance tuning, and governance skills.

Skills

Snowflake Admin

Performance tuning

RBAC & security

SQL Server Admin

Azure SQL

Python

PowerShell

Terraform

CI/CD

Databricks

AI/ML platforms

Education

Bachelor's / Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Databricks

CI/CD tooling

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.