Open source database administrator

Open Source Database Administrator (DBA)

Experience: 5-10 Years

Role Summary

The Open Source DBA is responsible for the installation, configuration, administration, monitoring, performance tuning, security, backup, recovery, and high availability of open-source database platforms such as Postgre SQL, My SQL, Mongo DB, and related technologies. The role ensures database reliability, security, and optimal performance to support business-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

Install, configure, and maintain open-source database environments. Perform database health checks, monitoring, and capacity planning. Troubleshoot database performance issues and optimize queries. Manage backups, restores, disaster recovery, and database migrations. Implement and maintain high-availability and replication solutions. Apply database patches, upgrades, and security hardening. Monitor database availability, storage utilization, and performance metrics. Support application teams during deployments and database releases. Ensure compliance with security and governance standards. Participate in on-call support and incident management activities.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong administration experience in one or more:

o Postgre SQL

o My SQL

o Mongo DB

Database backup and recovery strategies. Replication, clustering, and high-availability configurations. Performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing.