YugabyteDB Administrator

We are looking for a YugabyteDB Administrator (L3) to manage, operate, and optimize our distributed SQL database environments. This role involves hands-on administration, cluster operations, performance tuning, and ensuring high availability of YugabyteDB clusters across on-premises and cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, and administer YugabyteDB clusters (YSQL and YCQL).

Perform day-to-day operations including monitoring, patching, scaling, backup/restore, and upgrades.

Manage multi-node, multi-region, and geo-distributed cluster architectures.

Troubleshoot cluster issues related to performance, replication, node failures, networking, or query execution.

Optimize database performance, indexes, workload distribution, and storage configurations.

Implement and validate backup/restore strategies using YB tools and external frameworks.

Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and automatic failover configurations.

Collaborate with application and DevOps teams to support schema changes, query tuning, and deployment best practices.

Automate database operations using scripting languages and DevOps workflows.

Maintain compliance with security, encryption, audit, and access management standards.

Provide on-call support for production environments as needed.

Required Skills

58 years of experience as a DBA or database engineer, with 3+ years in YugabyteDB or distributed SQL systems.

Strong understanding of YugabyteDB architecture (DocDB, Raft consensus, Tablet Servers, Masters).

Hands-on expertise with:

o YSQL, YCQL

o Cluster creation, replication, rebalancing

o Multi-AZ / multi-region configurations

Experience with query tuning, execution plans, partitioning, and sharding concepts.

Familiarity with HA/DR strategies for distributed databases.

Strong skills in Linux administration, networking fundamentals, and system resource tuning.

Scripting experience in Bash / Python / PowerShell for automation.

Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Yugabyte Platform.

Solid understanding of database security, authentication, RBAC, TLS setup, and auditing.