Database Administrator

We are seeking a skilled Data Administrator to manage, maintain, and optimize enterprise data platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and data integrity. The ideal candidate will have experience administering relational databases, in-memory data stores, and modern data analytics or AI platforms while supporting data governance, backup and recovery, and performance optimization initiatives. Key Responsibilities • Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise databases and data platforms. • Ensure database availability, security, performance, and reliability. • Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations. • Implement backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies. • Monitor database health, troubleshoot issues, and optimize system performance. • Collaborate with application developers, data engineers, and infrastructure teams. • Support data governance, data quality, and compliance initiatives. • Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and system configurations. • Participate in capacity planning and implementation of new data technologies. Must Have Skills • Experience with PostgreSQL OR Microsoft SQL Server OR MySQL OR Oracle Database . • Experience with Redis OR Memcached OR Apache Ignite for in-memory data management and caching. • Experience with Dataiku DSS OR Vertex AI OR Azure Machine Learning OR Amazon SageMaker OR Databricks . • Database Administration AND Performance Tuning AND Backup & Recovery AND High Availability AND Disaster Recovery . • Database Security AND User Access Management AND Data Integrity AND Capacity Planning . • SQL AND Database Monitoring AND Query Optimization . • Experience with Linux OR Windows Server administration. • Familiarity with Git AND GitHub OR GitLab OR Bitbucket . • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and problem-solving skills. Good to Have Skills • Experience with Docker OR Kubernetes . • Knowledge of cloud platforms AWS OR Azure OR Google Cloud Platform (GCP) . • Familiarity with ETL OR ELT tools such as Informatica OR Talend OR Apache NiFi OR SSIS . • Experience with monitoring tools Prometheus OR Grafana OR Zabbix OR Nagios . • Knowledge of scripting using Python OR Bash OR PowerShell . • Understanding of Data Governance AND Data Quality AND Master Data Management (MDM) . • Familiarity with CI/CD AND DevOps practices. • Experience supporting analytics, reporting, or AI/ML workloads. Preferred Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or a related field. • 3 11 years of experience in database administration or data platform administration. • Experience managing production database environments with high availability and performance requirements. • Relevant certifications in PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, cloud platforms, or database technologies are a plus. • Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.