Senior Database Administrator - Oracle & Postgresql

Senior Database Administrator (DBA) Oracle & PostgreSQL

(L4 Support | Managed Services)

Experience: 812 Years

Location: Hyderabad

Employment Type: Full-time

Function: Managed Services | Database Operations | Private Cloud Support

About the Role

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior DBA (L4 Support) with strong hands-on expertise in both Oracle and PostgreSQL to join our Managed Services team.

This role will support mission-critical enterprise database environments running on Private Cloud platforms, requiring deep operational ownership, performance expertise, and strong customer-facing capabilities. Candidates with experience supporting migration projects from Public Cloud to Private Cloud will be strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L4 DBA support for production-critical Oracle and PostgreSQL environments in a 24x7 managed services setup.
• Own end-to-end database operations including monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Support enterprise workloads on Private Cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.
• Lead complex incident resolution, escalation handling, and root cause analysis (RCA) for customer-impacting issues.

Manage database architectures involving:

• Oracle RAC, Data Guard, ASM
• PostgreSQL replication, clustering, failover setups
• Drive proactive initiatives including patching, upgrades, version migrations, and database hardening.

Support database migration programs, especially:

• Public Cloud Private Cloud transitions
• Cross-platform modernization and consolidation
• Work closely with infrastructure, cloud platform, storage, and application teams to resolve multi-layer issues.
• Act as a key technical interface for customers, ensuring timely communication, recommendations, and operational excellence.
• Maintain SOPs, runbooks, operational documentation, and best practice standards.

Required Skills & Experience

• 812 years of strong DBA experience in both Oracle and PostgreSQL (mandatory).
• Hands-on exposure to latest Oracle and PostgreSQL versions, upgrades, and patching cycles.

Strong expertise in:

• Backup and recovery (RMAN, pgBackRest, etc.)
• Performance tuning and query optimization
• High availability and disaster recovery design
• Security, compliance, and database governance
• Experience working in Managed Services / Data Center Operations / Enterprise Support environments.
• Proven troubleshooting expertise in high-pressure production ecosystems.

Preferred Experience

• Strong exposure to Private Cloud platforms (VMware/HCI/OpenShift-based environments).
• Experience supporting database workloads in cloud ecosystems (AWS/Azure/GCP) and migrating them into Private Cloud.
• Hands-on involvement in large-scale transformation and migration projects.

Customer-Facing & Communication Skills

• Strong ability to engage directly with enterprise customers during incidents, escalations, and architecture discussions.
• Excellent communication skills to explain technical issues and resolution plans clearly.
• Comfort working in SLA-driven, high-availability environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle OCP / PostgreSQL Certification (plus)
• ITIL awareness and ITSM tool exposure (ServiceNow, Remedy, etc.)
• Experience supporting regulated enterprise workloads (BFSI, Healthcare, Government)

Why Join Us?

• Work on large-scale Oracle + PostgreSQL platforms supporting enterprise customers
• Opportunity to contribute to next-gen Private Cloud and Managed Database Services
• Exposure to complex migration and modernization programs
• High ownership role within a mission-critical infrastructure operations team