Senior Database Engineer

Role Overview

• Lead the architecture, management, and optimization of Oracle 19c RAC, MySQL 8, and PostgreSQL database systems across on-premises, AWS, and OCI cloud environments.
• Define and drive database standards, best practices, and operational runbooks across the organization.
• Own database upgrade and migration strategies for Oracle and MySQL, ensuring minimal downtime and risk mitigation across all environments.
• Lead advanced database troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance engineering across Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, HAProxy, and Keepalived.
• Architect and maintain database replication topologies including master-slave, master-master, and cross-region configurations for disaster recovery.
• Design and implement automation for database provisioning, patching, scaling, and failover using Python, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Own backup and recovery strategy using RMAN, mysqldump, pg_dump, and point-in-time recovery, ensuring RPO/RTO targets are met and regularly tested.
• Implement and maintain database observability including monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and capacity forecasting using Grafana, CloudWatch, or equivalent platforms.
• Collaborate with application development teams on schema design, query optimization, indexing strategies, and capacity planning.
• Mentor and guide junior database engineers, conducting code and architecture reviews.
• Participate in on-call rotations as a senior escalation point for critical database incidents.
• Evaluate emerging database technologies and make recommendations for adoption where appropriate.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in database engineering or DBA roles, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead capacity.
• Expert-level knowledge of Oracle 19c RAC administration, including RMAN, Data Guard, patching, and advanced query optimization.
• Deep experience with MySQL 8 administration, replication architectures (master-slave, master-master, GTID-based), and performance tuning at scale.
• Strong working knowledge of PostgreSQL administration, replication, and performance tooling.
• Proven experience designing and operating high-availability and disaster recovery database architectures in production.
• Strong proficiency in Linux systems administration (Ubuntu/RHEL-based) and shell scripting.
• Extensive experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code: Python, Terraform, Ansible.
• Solid understanding of high-availability components: HAProxy, Keepalived, or equivalent load balancing and failover solutions.
• Experience with Git-based workflows, CI/CD practices, and database change management processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead incident response, perform root cause analysis, and drive post-incident improvements.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions and collaborate effectively across time zones in a distributed team.

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• AWS
• Cloud
• Grafana
• HAProxy
• Linux
• MySQL
• Oracle
• Postgres
• Python
• Shell Scripting
• Terraform

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible work arrangements