Manager, Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE)

Manager, Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE)

Desired Experience Range: 12+ years

Location of Requirement: Bangalore

TCS has always been in the spotlight for being adept in “the next big technologies”. What we can offer you is a space to explore varied technologies and quench your techie soul.

Must Have

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with major database platforms including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, and Snowflake.
• Proven experience managing production databases in both on-premises and cloud environments (AWS RDS, Azure Managed DBs).
• Demonstrated success in leading and developing technical teams in fast-paced, matrixed environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting to executive audiences.
• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Java, C++, or Ruby.
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation).
• Experience working in multi-cloud and hybrid environments, with a solid understanding of web application infrastructure.
• Proven ability to manage and optimize team budgets and resources.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing DBRE team managing complex systems, infrastructure, and applications.
2. Define and communicate the team’s vision and mission, fostering a culture of ownership, reliability, and technical excellence.
3. Architect and oversee database infrastructure across on-premises, cloud (AWS, Azure), and hybrid environments.
4. Evaluate and adopt emerging database technologies, tools, and automation platforms.
5. Design and review solutions for backups, high availability (HA), disaster recovery ( DR), and performance optimization.
6. Lead capacity planning, performance tuning, and proactive issue resolution.
7. Collaborate with application engineering, cloud DevOps, and security teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions.
8. Ensure compliance with operational standards, security policies, and industry best practices.
9. Provide technical analysis, effort and cost estimation, and system design recommendations.
10. Coordinate project schedules, resources, and delivery milestones for database upgrades and implementations.
11. Represent the DBRE function in executive and technical forums, delivering stakeholder presentations.
12. Manage change communication, team budgets, and promote continuous improvement across the organization.