Senior Database Administrator

V2 Solutions; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 2,800,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

V2 Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to lead a multi-engine production database fleet in Hyderabad. You will drive modernization initiatives, design HA/topology, and oversee cloud migrations across Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and MongoDB.

You will mentor DBAs, manage incident response, and own the DR program while ensuring security and compliance across the database layer.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on database administration across at least three engines.
• Proficiency with Oracle (8+ years) and MySQL/MariaDB (5+ years).
• Production experience with cloud-managed databases (Aurora, RDS, Azure SQL, Cloud SQL).
• Expert SQL tuning, indexing, and execution plan analysis.
• Experience leading multi-engine modernization projects and migrations.
• Ability to design ETL/data transformation pipelines at scale.
• Strong HA/DR, replication, and multi-region considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead operation of multi-engine production database fleet across Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Own architecture design for HA topology, replication, partitioning, and multi-region replicas.
• Drive modernization, upgrades, and on-prem to cloud migrations end-to-end.
• Set and enforce DBA standards including naming, schema design, backups, and change control.
• Act as senior escalation on on-call rotation; lead root-cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Mentor junior and mid-level DBAs; conduct runbooks, shadowing, and growth coaching.
• Own disaster recovery program: RPO/RTO, DR drills, and testing cadence.
• Lead security posture: encryption at rest/in transit, audit logging, data classification, IAM.
• Drive performance engineering: queries, indexes, and schema optimization at scale.
• Stay current with cloud-native DB services and industry best practices; share recommendations.

Skills

Oracle

MySQL/MariaDB

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Cloud services (Aurora/RDS/Azure SQL/"

Query optimization

Indexing

HA/DR design

Incident response

Mentoring

Git & version control

Terraform

Datadog

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Datadog

Git

GitHub

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the operation of a multi-engine production database fleet across Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB both self-managed and cloud-managed (Aurora, RDS, Azure SQL,Cloud SQL)
• Own the design and evolution of our database architecture HA topology, replication strategy, partitioning/sharding, multi-region read replicas, and backup/recovery design
• Drive multi-engine modernization initiatives end-to-end, including engine version EOL upgrades, on-prem to cloud migrations, and database engine consolidation efforts
• Set, document, and enforce DBA practice standards across the organization (naming conventions, schema design patterns, backup/restore SLAs, change-management procedures)
• Act as the senior escalation tier on the database on-call rotation drive root-cause analysis, lead post-incident reviews, and articulate SLOs at the database layer
• Mentor and grow junior and mid-level Database Administrators paired sessions, design reviews, runbook authoring, on-call shadowing, and growth-path coaching
• Own the database-tier disaster recovery program RPO/RTO articulation, DR drill design, and recovery-testing cadence
• Lead PII, PCI, and compliance posture at the database tier encryption at rest and in transit, audit logging, data classification, secrets rotation, and least-privilege access design
• Drive query-, index-, and schema-level performance engineering at scale; mentor others in performance tuning techniques
• Stay current on emerging database technologies, cloud-native database services, and industry best practices; bring recommendations back to the team

Job Requirements

Bachelors degree or equivalent relevant experience Minimum 8 years of hands-on database administration experience across at least three engines Strongproficiencywith Oracle (8+ years) Strongproficiencywith MySQL / MariaDB (5+ years) Working production experience with at least two of: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB Demonstrated production experience with cloud-managed database services (Aurora, RDS, Azure SQL Database, or CloudSQL) Expert-levelproficiencywith SQL query optimization, execution plan analysis, advanced indexing strategies Demonstratedtrack recordleading multi-engine modernization initiatives (version upgrades, RDBMS migrations, on-prem to cloud) Track recordmentoring database administrators and leading practice-level standards or design reviews Experience designing and owning the architecture of ETL pipelines and data transformation flows at scale Strong understanding of database high-availability patterns (replication topologies, failover design, multi-region considerations) Strong understanding of cloud security best practices network security, data encryption,certificatesand PKI, IAM, and database-tier audit logging Experience leading incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-incident reviews at the database layer Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence) and working as part of an Agile team Experience with version control and source code management toolslike git,GitHub,Bitbucket, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with database-as-code tooling (Terraform modules for RDS / Aurora / managed-DB services)
• Familiarity with database observability tooling (Datadog, AWS Performance Insights, Azure SQL Insights, or similar)
• Excellent communication skills (reading, writing, speaking) in English
• Comfortable presenting to engineering managers, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders

Work Schedule

Monday through Friday from 2 PM to 11 PM IST. This will provide healthy overlap between India team and US team and supporting both to ensure adequate collaboration. This role will be working in Hybrid Mode and will require at least 2 days work from office at Hyderabad.

EEO Statement

Cendyn provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Cendyn complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Cendyn expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Cendyn s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

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