Lead Database Administrator - Installation & Configuration

<p><p><b>Key Responsibilities :</b><br/><br/></p><p>- Lead the DBA team, providing technical direction, support, and mentorship.<br/><br/></p><p>- Manage installation, configuration, upgrades, and patching of database systems.<br/><br/></p><p>- Ensure database availability, security, scalability, and disaster recovery.<br/><br/></p><p>- Perform performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization for mission-critical applications.<br/><br/></p><p>- Develop and maintain backup, recovery, and high availability (HA/DR) solutions.<br/><br/></p><p>- Monitor and analyze database performance to proactively resolve issues.<br/><br/></p><p>- Collaborate with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams for seamless integration.<br/><br/></p><p>- Establish and enforce standards, policies, and best practices for database administration.<br/><br/></p><p>- Plan and execute capacity planning and database scaling strategies.<br/><br/></p><p>- Maintain compliance with data security and governance Skills & Experience :</b></p><p><br/></p>- 10 to 12 years of experience in Database Administration (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or mixed environments).<br/><br/></p><p>- Proven skills in performance tuning, clustering, replication, partitioning, and sharding.<br/><br/></p><p>- Expertise in backup/recovery tools, HA/DR strategies, and disaster recovery planning.<br/><br/></p><p>- Strong knowledge of database security, auditing, and encryption.<br/><br/></p><p>- Experience with monitoring, automation tools, and scripting (SQL, Shell, to Have :</b></p><p><br/></p>- Experience with cloud databases (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, GCP Cloud SQL).<br/><br/></p><p>- Familiarity with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB).<br/><br/></p><p>- Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for database deployments.</p><br/></p> (ref:hirist.tech)