Senior Developer 2

Arctic Wolf Networks India Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all employees

Flexible annual leave

Comprehensive private benefits plan

Job summary

Arctic Wolf Networks India Private Limited is seeking a Senior Staff Database Administrator / Software Engineer to design, optimize, and maintain high-throughput database systems. This role involves ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance across multiple database technologies.

Successful candidates will have operational experience with Microsoft SQL Server on Linux, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, along with skills in automation, scripting, and cloud environments.

The position includes comprehensive benefits like equity for employees, medical insurance, and flexible leave policies.

Qualifications

• Deep operational experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2019+ on Linux.
• Production-level experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Expertise in high-performance SQL with low latency.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL environments.
• Write high-performance SQL for throughput and latency.
• Automate database administration tasks with scripting.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server experience

High-performance SQL tuning

MySQL administration

PostgreSQL administration

Shell scripting

Python scripting

Terraform proficiency

AWS database workloads

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Elasticsearch

Redis

Job description

Senior Staff Database Administrator / Software Engineer contributes to the Engineering organization by designing, optimizing, and maintaining high-throughput database systems that power the cloud security platform. The role focuses on ensuring reliability, scalability, automation, and performance across multiple database technologies and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server on Linux, MySQL, and PostgreSQL environments at scale
• Write and optimize high-performance SQL to meet strict throughput and low-latency requirements
• Architect and manage Always On Availability Groups and cross-platform replication topologies
• Integrate Microsoft SQL Server on Linux with enterprise Active Directory infrastructure
• Build infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform for repeatable and auditable database provisioning
• Develop monitoring and alerting solutions using Prometheus and Grafana to ensure proactive issue detection
• Automate routine database administration tasks using Shell scripting and Python
• Collaborate with application engineering teams to optimize schema design and query performance
• Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery testing, and incident response activities
• Continuously improve automation, observability, and operational efficiency across database platforms

Qualifications

• Deep operational and development experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and later versions running on Linux environments
• Production-level administration and query development experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL
• Proven expertise writing and tuning high-performance SQL capable of sustaining high transaction throughput with minimal latency
• Strong knowledge of indexing strategies, execution plan analysis, query optimization, and concurrency management
• Hands-on experience configuring Kerberos and Active Directory authentication for Microsoft SQL Server running on Linux hosts
• Experience implementing and managing database replication and high availability solutions across multiple database platforms
• Automation experience using Shell scripting and Python for database operations, health checks, and deployment tasks
• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management
• Experience building observability dashboards and alerting solutions using Prometheus and Grafana
• Comfortable designing and operating database workloads within Amazon Web Services environments

Nice to Have

• Experience with Elasticsearch, including indexing strategies, cluster management, and query optimization
• Experience with Redis caching layer design, cluster configuration, and operational management
• Hands‑on experience with Amazon Web Services Database Migration Service for heterogeneous migrations and replication
• Familiarity with Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark SQL, and lakehouse architectures
• A strong passion for automation and eliminating repetitive manual operational tasks

What Success Looks Like

• Database systems consistently handle peak transaction loads with sufficient operational headroom
• Zero unplanned downtime through resilient high availability and disaster recovery configurations
• Fully automated provisioning workflows with no manual deployment steps
• Comprehensive observability across all critical database metrics and operational events
• Strong cross-platform operational expertise across Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL environments

Benefits

• Equity for all employees
• Flexible annual leave, paid holidays, and volunteer days
• Training and career development programs
• Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical insurance for you and your family, life insurance equal to three times compensation, and personal accident insurance
• Fertility support and paid parental leave

Equal Opportunity Employer

Arctic Wolf is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under applicable law. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, and inclusive environment.