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DBA Lead

Kochi · Bangalore · TrivandrumFull-time8+ years

Lead database administration, architecture, and operations for enterprise database environments supporting critical applications and analytics.

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Key responsibilities

  • Lead a team of DBAs and own the strategy, standards, and operational excellence for database platforms.
  • Design and implement database architectures, high-availability, disaster-recovery, and scaling solutions.
  • Oversee performance tuning, capacity planning, backup/recovery, security, and compliance for databases.
  • Drive automation, monitoring, alerting, and continuous improvement for database operations.
  • Partner with application, infrastructure, and business teams to deliver reliable data platforms.
  • Establish documentation, runbooks, governance, and change-management practices for database environments.

Required experience

  • 8+ years of DBA experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL in enterprise environments.
  • Proven experience leading DBA teams, managing stakeholders, and delivering complex database initiatives.
  • Strong expertise in database architecture, performance tuning, HA/DR, security, and operations.
  • Experience with cloud database services, automation, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred experience

  • Experience with Oracle RAC, Data Guard, Always On, replication, or advanced HA/DR technologies.
  • Experience with AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL, GCP Cloud SQL, or other managed database platforms.
  • Relevant database certifications and experience with large-scale enterprise data environments.