Database Admin

Role: Database Admin


Location: Phoenix, AZ (Onsite)


Fulltime - Permanent

Job Description


Role - Database Admin


Experience Required -5+ Years

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, YugabyteDB, Aurora PostgreSQL, Aurora MySQL, and Spanner


Public Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP


IaC: Terraform


Configuration Management: Ansible


Source Control & CI/CD: GitHub, GitHub Actions


Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, ORACLE OEM


Containers: Docker, Kubernetes


Scripting: Shell, Python, PowerShell


Operating Systems: Linux/Unix/windows

Roles & Responsibilities

Provide 24x7 support for Production (E3) and lower environments; act as the first point of contact for database incidents, restore service, perform troubleshooting, and route issues when required.


Manage database startups, shutdowns, restarts, instance failover, switchover, parameter changes, and pre/post maintenance validations.


Monitor database availability, alert logs, OEM alerts, health checks, and infrastructure-related issues; perform root cause analysis for Sev1 and Sev2 incidents.


Troubleshoot database and SQL performance using AWR, ASH, explain plans, locks, deadlocks, blocking sessions, and long-running session reports.


Manage database, tablespace, ASM, archive log, backup, Oracle Home, and OS filesystem capacity; forecast space needs and coordinate storage additions.


Perform proactive and ad-hoc backups, restore points, flashback restores, RMAN table recovery, database restoration, and standby database rebuild.


Support OS and database patching, upgrades, migrations, server reboots, and application or database maintenance changes.


Schedule and maintain backup and database jobs using OEM and CRON; configure monitoring thresholds, alerts, reports, and Grafana dashboards.


Administer users, profiles, roles, privileges, schema unlocks, DBA IDs, application access, and required access for RFC execution.


Maintain database security, audit configuration, TDE, encryption, and object validity checks.


Monitor and support Data Guard, GoldenGate, PostgreSQL/SQL Server/YugabyteDB replication, replication lag resolution, DR activities, switchovers, and failovers.


Support export/import, data truncation, and application-requested database activities in accordance with change controls.


Develop self-service and automation tools.


Raise and coordinate vendor cases for DBMS software issues and work directly with application, infrastructure, development, and DBA teams.


Drive documentation, standardization, operational improvements, and DBA process automation.


Experience in scripting and AI related tools.


Experience on Public cloud environments.