DBA Database Administrator

DBA – Database Administrator

MariaDB – Cluster Admin

Location

Openings

Work Mode

Hyderabad

DBA – 5+ Yrs

Sr. DBA – 8+ Yrs

Work from Office (5 days/week)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced DBA / Senior DBA to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, managing, and maintaining high-availability database systems, with a strong focus on MariaDB environments, particularly MariaDB with Galera Cluster.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in database architecture, replication, clustering, performance tuning, and high-availability setups, along with hands-on experience in developing complex database applications, triggers, and stored procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain databases and database applications using MariaDB
• Deploy, manage, and maintain MariaDB with Galera Cluster to ensure high availability and fault tolerance
• Monitor and optimize MariaDB, ProxySQL, and Galera Cluster performance, including node synchronization and overall cluster health
• Configure and manage database replication, clustering, and failover mechanisms
• Develop efficient database triggers and stored procedures
• Design and maintain database schemas that effectively support business processes
• Troubleshoot and resolve database performance issues, cluster inconsistencies, and replication failures
• Ensure data integrity, security, and high availability of production databases
• Implement backups based on GFS strategy, along with disaster recovery and database recovery processes
• Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, and server configuration
• Participate in code reviews and provide technical guidance to team members
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable database solutions

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 5–8+ years of experience in MariaDB/MySQL database administration
• Hands-on experience managing MariaDB with Galera Cluster in production environments
• Strong understanding of database clustering, replication, and high-availability architectures
• Experience in query optimization, performance tuning, and database troubleshooting
• Strong expertise in writing database triggers and stored procedures
• Experience managing large-scale databases and mission-critical systems
• Familiarity with backup, monitoring, and disaster recovery strategies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Percona XtraDB Cluster or similar clustering technologies
• Experience with cloud database platforms (AWS RDS, Aurora, Azure, etc.)
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Experience with database monitoring tools (Percona Monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Experience managing environments with 100+ MariaDB database instances
• Experience with ETL pipelines and data warehousing solutions
• Expertise in OS-level and database performance tuning and optimization
• Expertise in MySQL replication setup, including Group Replication, GTID, and troubleshooting
• Strong experience in setting up high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) architectures
• Experience conducting DR drills and validation exercises
• Experience in data migration activities
• Good-to-have knowledge across multiple database domains: MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB; Graph databases (Neptune, OrientDB, etc.); Vector databases (FAISS, Chroma, Pinecone, Weaviate, etc.); PrestoDB, Apache Pinot, RocksDB
• Working knowledge of Linux file systems and LVM
• Familiarity with cloud environments and virtualization technologies
• Expertise in automating routine tasks using Shell / Perl scripting
• Ability to work under pressure while managing multiple tasks and priorities
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on delivering high-quality results
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences
• Strong troubleshooting, diagnostic, and problem-solving capabilities

Additional Skills (Good to Have)

• Storage systems
• Shell scripting
• Perl scripting
• MySQL Workbench