Senior Database Engineer

Job Title: DB Automation Specialist (Terraform | Ansible | On-Prem | Databases)

Location: Only Hyderabad

Experience: 8+ Years

Employment Type: Contract to Hire

Notice: Immediate -20 Days

About the Role

We are looking for a DB Automation Specialist with strong experience in automating end-to-end database provisioning across on-premise infrastructure (90%) and cloud IaaS environments. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, and hands-on expertise with PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, and integration components such as backups and monitoring.

This is a technical, hands-on role focused on building scalable, repeatable, and automated DB provisioning workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop automated workflows for provisioning databases using Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement on-prem DB provisioning including storage, networking, virtualization, and OS-level dependencies.
• Automate DB deployments in cloud IaaS (AWS/Azure/GCP) including VM creation, network configuration, and bootstrap scripts.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab) for DB provisioning and infrastructure automation.
• Create and maintain Helm charts / Operators (optional) for database automation.
• Automate installation, configuration, initialization, patching, and upgrades for multiple DB engines.
• Integrate provisioning workflows with backup tools, monitoring agents, exporters, logging agents, etc.
• Troubleshoot provisioning failures and optimize automation for speed, reliability, and idempotency.
• Collaborate with DBAs, Infrastructure, DevOps, and Cloud teams to define standardized provisioning patterns.
• Maintain documentation, architecture diagrams, and best practices for DB automation processes.

Required Skills

Automation & IaC

• Strong experience with Terraform (modules, workspaces, state management).
• Expert in Ansible (playbooks, roles, inventories, orchestration).
• Hands-on with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Scripting knowledge: Shell / Python (added advantage).

Database Expertise

• Experience automating provisioning/configuration for at least two of:
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle
• MySQL / MariaDB
• MongoDB
• Understanding of DB clustering, HA, replication, users/roles, backup/restore mechanisms.

Platform Skills

• Strong experience with on-prem infrastructure:
• Storage (SAN/NAS/LVM)
• Networking (VLAN, firewall, DNS)
• Virtualization (VMware/KVM)
• OS provisioning (Linux)
• Experience with Cloud IaaS (AWS/Azure/GCP) VM, VPC, security groups, volumes.

Integration Experience

• Backup tools (NetBackup, Commvault, RMAN, pgBackRest, etc.)
• Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, OEM, etc.)

Good to Have

• Kubernetes / Helm / Operators for DB workloads.
• Experience in SRE / DevOps environments.
• Knowledge of REST APIs and automation frameworks.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Infra, DBA, and Cloud teams.
• Excellent documentation and communication.

Interested Apply or refer!

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