SQL Database Admin

Altraize; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Altraize in Bengaluru seeks a Database Operations professional to provide 24x7 RDBMS and NoSQL support across EMEA and international clients. You will lead installation, configuration, tuning, upgrades, and maintenance of critical databases.

The role requires strong MSSQL, Exadata, Linux and Windows expertise, with a focus on performance, backup/recovery, HA and security. Collaboration with app teams and on-call participation are key aspects.

Qualifications

• Excellent experience with MSSQL and PowerShell.
• Exadata environment knowledge.
• Linux and Windows OS configuration for DB performance.
• Networking, storage, server and virtualization layers.
• Logical and physical DB design expertise.
• DB installation and configuration expertise.
• Backup and recovery strategies knowledge.
• DB performance and tuning expertise.
• Migrations and upgrades experience.
• Clustering and high availability knowledge.
• Replication and disaster recovery expertise.
• Database security and auditing expertise.
• Data security governance and regulations such as GDPR and SOX.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, tune, upgrades and maintain databases.
• Ensure workloads are delivered according to plans and budget.
• Provide consultancy to application support and development teams on DB and systems design.
• Ensure daily health and compliance checks for Production systems.
• Ensure backups are successful and issues are promptly resolved.
• Ensure database jobs run successfully and issues are resolved.
• Monitor alerts and ensure timely resolutions.
• Ensure capacity to accommodate projected BAU growth.
• Respond to team emails in a timely manner.
• Handle problem tickets and service requests efficiently.
• Ensure DB platforms are highly available, reliable, secure and performant.
• Provide technical support to application teams.
• Execute disaster recovery procedures when necessary.
• Apply DB security updates per policies.
• Remediate items from Qualys vulnerability scans.
• Keep operational procedures current.
• Participate in On-Call rotation and production issue triage.
• Identify cost saving and optimization opportunities within MUS EMEA and MUFG.

Skills

MSSQL

PowerShell

Exadata

Linux

Windows

Networking

Storage

Virtualization

DB Design

Installation

Backup & Recovery

Performance Tuning

Migrations

HA & Clustering

Replication

Security Auditing

Data Governance

GDPR/SOX

Job description

Functional / Technical Competencies

The Database Operations team are responsible for providing 24x7 RDBMS and NoSQL database support in EMEA and internationally.

Essential

• Excellent experience of multiple database platforms such as MSSQL and Powershell.
• Knowledge of Exadata environment
• Excellent knowledge of configuring Linux and Windows operating systems for optimal database performance.
• Excellent knowledge of networking, storage, server and virtualization layers.
• Excellent knowledge of logical and physical database design.
• Excellent knowledge of database installation and configuration.
• Excellent knowledge of backup and recovery strategies.
• Excellent knowledge of database performance and tuning.
• Excellent knowledge of database migrations and upgrades.
• Excellent knowledge of clustering and high-availability.
• Excellent knowledge of replication and disaster recovery.
• Excellent knowledge of database security and auditing.
• Excellent knowledge of data security governance and regulations such as GDPR and SOX.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for database installation, configuration, tuning, upgrades and general maintenance activities.
• Responsible for ensuring that all project/investment related workloads are delivered according to plans and budget defined.
• Responsible for providing consultancy to application support and development teams on database and systems design.
• Responsible for ensuring daily health and compliance checks are performed for all Production systems.
• Responsible for ensuring database systems are backed up successfully and any issues are promptly resolved.
• Responsible for ensuring database jobs are running successfully and any issues are promptly resolved.
• Responsible for ensuring database monitoring alerts are detected promptly and satisfactorily resolved.
• Responsible for ensuring sufficient capacity is available to accommodate projected BAU growth.
• Responsible for ensuring all emails sent to the team distribution list are responded to in a timely manner.
• Responsible for ensuring problem tickets and service requests are handled with efficiency and the customer in mind.
• Responsible for ensuring database platforms are highly available, reliable, secure and performant.
• Responsible for providing technical support to application support and development teams.
• Responsible for executing disaster recovery procedures when necessary.
• Responsible for applying database security updates as per defined policies.
• Responsible for reviewing and subsequently remediating items detected by Qualys vulnerability and compliance scans.
• Responsible for ensuring all operational procedures are kept current and accurate.
• Responsible for participating in On-Call rotation, triaging and addressing production issues as they arise.
• Responsible for identifying cost saving and optimisation opportunities within MUS EMEA and the wider MUFG group.
• Responsible for building strong relationships across the Bank and Securities with other Bank and Securities functions and business areas, underpinned by trust and the core values of the bank.