Senior Database Engineer
Job Title: Senior Database Systems Engineer/Administrator (Redis/MongoDB/ Oracle RDS)
Duration: 12+ months with potential extensions
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Database Systems Platform Engineer/Administrator to design, manage, optimize, and secure enterprise database platforms across Redis , Oracle Relational databases , Goldengate replication and MongoDB. The ideal candidate will have working knowledge of AWS environment including EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Grafana . Must have hands‑on experience on installing, upgrading and patching database environments on AWS cloud deployments and on‑premises and performance tuning in high-availability, large-scale systems. This role also requires automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) expertise to support modern CI/CD-driven environments.
Key Responsibilities:Administer, maintain, and supportRedis (Mem cached) , MongoDB (NoSQL) and Oracle databases in production environments.Must independently drive the project to its conclusion
Design and manage clustered and distributed database architectures, including replica sets, sharding, and partitioning.
Deploy and support databases across on-premises, cloud, and MongoDB Atlas environments.
Perform database performance tuning and query optimization to improve throughput, latency, and reliability.
Analyze and optimize queries, indexes, schemas, rows, columns, and partitions.
Manage stored procedures, database objects, and schema changes.
Ensure data integrity, availability, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
Monitor database health, capacity, and performance using industry-standard tools.
Implement and enforce security best practices, access controls, encryption, and compliance standards.
Collaborate with application, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to align database design with application needs.
Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues in high-availability environments.
Automate database provisioning, configuration, and maintenance tasks.
Required Technical Skills & Expertise:Database Technologies:Document-based data modeling (BSON/JSON)
Schema design and flexibility
Sharding, replication, and clustering
MongoDB Query Language (MQL)
Installation and configuring Oracle on RAC/RDS .
Creating goldengate extracts, replicats between oracle databases on RDS/RAC
Performance & Optimization:Query optimization and execution plan analysis.
Indexing strategies
Database performance tuning
Partitioning and data distribution strategies
Infrastructure & DevOps (Bonus):Scripting & Automation (Bash, Python, or similar)
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
Experience deploying databases in Kubernetes environments.
CI/CD pipelines and automation
Version control using GitHub and GitHub Actions
Other Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator / Database Systems Administrator.
Proven experience supporting production, high-traffic database environments.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:Experience with Redis ,Oracle, MongoDB (Enterprise & Atlas) in production environments.
Cloud experience (AWS).
Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and data platforms.#J-18808-Ljbffr