Source Database Administrator

Position: Open Source Database Administrator
Location: Vasanthanagar

Open Source Database Administrator (DBA)

Experience:

5-10 Years
Role Summary
The Open Source DBA is responsible for the installation, configuration, administration, monitoring, performance tuning, security, backup, recovery, and high availability of open-source database platforms such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and related technologies. The role ensures database reliability, security, and optimal performance to support business-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain open-source database environments.

• Perform database health checks, monitoring, and capacity planning.

• Troubleshoot database performance issues and optimize queries.

• Manage backups, restores, disaster recovery, and database migrations.

• Implement and maintain high-availability and replication solutions.

• Apply database patches, upgrades, and security hardening.

• Monitor database availability, storage utilization, and performance metrics.

• Support application teams during deployments and database releases.

• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards.

• Participate in on-call support and incident management activities.
Required Technical Skills

• Strong administration experience in one or more:
o PostgreSQL
o MySQL
o MongoDB

• Database backup and recovery strategies.

• Replication, clustering, and high-availability configurations.

• Performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing.