Database Administrator
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Summary
Database Administrator who manages, tunes, backs up, and secures enterprise databases across Oracle, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, and MySQL, including standby/high-availability setups and disaster recovery, while collaborating with development and infrastructure teams. Requires 5+ years of DBA experience and relevant certifications.
About Quantela
We are a technology company that offers outcomes business models. We empower our customers with the right digital infrastructure to deliver greater economic, social, and environmental outcomes for their constituents.
When the company was founded in 2015, we specialized in smart cities technology alone. Today, working with cities and towns, utilities, and public venues, our team of 280+ experts offers a vast array of outcomes business models through technologies like digital advertising, smart lighting, smart traffic, and digitized citizen services.
We pride ourselves on our agility, innovation, and passion to use technology for a higher purpose. Unlike other technology companies, we tailor our offerings (what we can digitize) and the business model (how we partner with our customers to deliver that digitization) to drive measurable impact where our customers need it most.
Over the last several months alone, we have served customers to deliver outcomes like increased medical response times to save lives, reduced traffic congestion to keep cities moving, and created new revenue streams to tackle societal issues like homelessness.
We are headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts in the United States with offices across Europe and Asia.
The company has been recognized with the World Economic Forum’s ‘Technology Pioneers’ award in 2019 and CRN’s IoT Innovation Award in 2020.
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Overview of the Role
We are seeking an experienced Database Administrator to manage, maintain, and optimize enterprise database environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across multiple database technologies, hands-on experience in performance tuning, backup and recovery, and a solid understanding of database security and high availability.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end database administration activities across Oracle, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, and MySQL environments.
- Perform database creation, configuration, modification, and deletion of databases, tables, and related objects.
- Handle database backup, restore, and recovery processes to ensure business continuity and data protection.
- Monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement tuning and optimization strategies.
- Maintain standby databases and support high availability and disaster recovery mechanisms.
- Ensure database security, integrity, and compliance with organizational standards.
- Manage database repositories and support application and database change management procedures.
- Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams for smooth deployment and issue resolution.
Desired Skills/Background
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in database administration.
- Educational qualification: B.E. / B.Tech / MCA / MS or equivalent in a related field.
- Strong technical expertise in Oracle, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, and MySQL.
- Working knowledge of PL/SQL programming and exposure to Java, PHP, and .NET environments.
- Experience in standby database configuration, backup strategies, and recovery planning.
- Proven ability in database performance tuning and optimization.
- Relevant database administration certifications are mandatory.