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Senior Database Administrator

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4-8 years

Bangalore / Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram

1 vacancy

Senior Database Administrator

Reflections

posted 2d ago

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Computer Science Data Analytics Clinical Data Management MySQL CCTV Monitoring Postgresql

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Job Description

Home / Home / Careers / Careers / Senior Database Admi... Senior Database Administrator

Introduction

We are looking for 8+years experienced candidates for this role.

Job Description

Primary job role

The primary job role of a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) includes overseeing the management, maintenance, and optimization of databases within the organization. Works on strategic initiatives to align the database infrastructure with long-term business goals and ensures that best practices in database management are consistently followed.

Main duties/responsibilities

Optimize database queries to ensure fast and efficient data retrieval, particularly for complex or high-volume operations.
Design and implement effective indexing strategies to reduce query execution times and improve overall database performance.
Monitor and profile slow or inefficient queries and recommend best practices for rewriting or re-architecting queries.
Continuously analyze execution plans for SQL queries to identify bottlenecks and optimize them.
Database Maintenance: Schedule and execute regular maintenance tasks, including backups, consistency checks, and index rebuilding.
Health Monitoring: Implement automated monitoring systems to track database performance, availability, and critical parameters such as CPU usage, memory, disk I/O, and replication status.
Proactive Issue Resolution: Diagnose and resolve database issues (e.g., locking, deadlocks, data corruption) proactively, before they impact users or operations.
High Availability: Implement and manage database clustering, replication, and failover strategies to ensure high availability and disaster recovery (e.g., using tools like SQL Server Always On, Oracle RAC, MySQL Group Replication).
Capacity Planning: Monitor resource consumption and plan for growth to ensure the database can scale effectively with increasing data volume and transaction load.
Resource Optimization: Analyze and optimize resource usage (CPU, memory, disk, network) to reduce operational costs.
Licensing Management: Ensure that database licensing models are properly adhered to and identify opportunities for reducing licensing costs.
Cloud Cost Management: Use cost analysis tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management) to monitor and optimize cloud database spend, identifying opportunities for right sizing or reserving instances.

Experience

5 to 7 years of experience in Microsoft SQL Server administration

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in computer science, software engineering or a related field
Microsoft SQL certifications (MTA Database, MCSA: SQL Server, MCSE: Data Management and Analytics) will be an advantage.

Technical skills

Experience in MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle database administration.
Exposure to Data Lake, Hadoop, and Azure technologies
Exposure to DevOps or ITIL

Behavioral competencies

Communication
Teamwork
Digital Mindset
Operational Excellence
Analytical Ability
Customer Centricity
Business and Market Acumen
Empathy
Growth Mindset

Job Details

Role:

Senior Database Administrator

Location :

Trivandrum/Bangalore

Close Date :

07-03-2025

Interested candidates may forward their detailed resumes to Careers@reflectionsinfos.com along with their notice period, current and expected CTC details. This is to notify jobseekers that some fraudsters are promising jobs with Reflections Info Systems for a fee. Please note that no payment is ever sought for jobs in Reflections. We contact our candidates only through our official website or LinkedIn and all employment related mails are sent through the official HR email id. Please contact careers@reflectionsinfos.com for any clarification/ alerts on this subject.

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Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

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