Lead Database Administrator
Location
bengaluru, karnataka
Job Type
Full-time
Category
automation,aws,azure,cassandra,data,databases,design,encryption,engineering,frameworks,gcp,infrastructure,infrastructure-as-code,lead,mongodb,monitoring,nosql,operations,oracle,performance,postgresql,product,rds,red,redis,saas,sed,shell,sql,unix
Posted
June 06, 2026
We are seeking a seasoned Lead Database Administrator to take full ownership of our database ecosystem. You will drive reliability, performance, and scalability across multiple database platforms on-premises and cloud while acting as the technical authority and mentor for our infrastructure team.
Key Responsibilities
Database Administration & Operations
- Administer and maintain multiple databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis across production, staging, and development environments.
- Monitor database health, performance metrics, query execution plans, and system resources; resolve bottlenecks proactively.
- Design and enforce backup, recovery, replication, clustering, and failover strategies to guarantee high availability.
- Manage schema changes, DDL migrations, and version-controlled deployments in collaboration with engineering teams.
- Define and upho...