Database Administrator

• Install, configure, and maintain SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other database engines on-premise or in the cloud
• Perform database health checks, maintenance, patching, and upgrades
• Manage backup and recovery strategies to ensure RPO/RTO compliance
• Monitor database performance, including CPU, memory, I/O, PLE, slow queries, locking, and indexing
• Conduct query optimization, indexing strategies, and database tuning
• Analyze slow queries, performance bottlenecks, and long-running processes
• Optimize database schemas, execution plans, and resource utilization
• Manage and support high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions, including SQL Server AlwaysOn, replication, log shipping, and MySQL InnoDB Cluster
• Ensure failover, redundancy, and disaster recovery plans
• Implement database access controls, least privilege, and role-based permissions
• Conduct security audits, patching, and vulnerability remediation
• Develop automation for routine DBA tasks and maintain monitoring alerts, jobs, and automated maintenance tasks
• Troubleshoot production issues, service outages, and performance incidents
• Provide root cause analysis and recommendations to prevent recurrence
• Participate in on-call rotation if required
• Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, Developers, and Product Teams
• Support deployments, data patch requests, schema migrations, and release activities
• Maintain database standards, architecture diagrams, SOPs, and knowledge-transfer materials