Job Description
Mandatory Skills - MS SQL and Sybase
Secondary Skills - Power shell scripting
Shifts - Regular
Location - Pune/ Hyderabad
Role - Database Administrator for MS SQL / Sybase
Role Summary
Provide hands-on DBA support for MS SQL Server and Sybase environments used by the local bank, covering day-to-day operational support, UAT support, incident/problem resolution, performance tuning, and close collaboration with application and infrastructure teams.
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Key Responsibilities / Requirements
• UAT & production support
• Provide responsive DBA support during UAT cycles and BAU operations.
• Triage and resolve database-related incidents (availability, performance, connectivity, capacity, job failures, data issues) and drive issues to closure.
• Hands-on database administration (SQL Server & Sybase)
• Perform core DBA activities: installation/configuration support, patch coordination, database builds, upgrades, migrations (where applicable), and environment readiness.
• Manage and monitor DB health: backups/restores, integrity checks, index/statistics maintenance, space/capacity management, and scheduling/monitoring jobs.
• Performance & stability
• Diagnose and remediate performance issues (locking/blocking, long-running queries, indexing strategy, tempdb/log contention, poorly performing stored procedures).
• Proactively monitor and tune database performance with an operational mindset (reduce incidents, improve resilience).
• Data protection / recovery
• Ensure appropriate backup strategies, restore testing, and recovery procedures are in place and understood.
• Support recovery activities (point-in-time restore, object-level recovery where possible), with clear documentation and control.
• Security & access management
• Administer roles/permissions in line with least-privilege principles, supporting onboarding/offboarding and audit requirements.
• Support encryption/credential management where required and work with security teams on remediation actions.
• Collaboration and escalation
• Work closely with application support, infrastructure, and vendor teams; translate technical findings into clear impacts and next steps.
• Provide clear handovers/escalations with evidence (query plans, logs, wait stats, blocking graphs, error outputs).
• Adaptability and communication
• Comfortable in a fast-moving divestment environment with changing priorities and tight timelines.
• Able to work beyond the DBA role providing generic support to our user base when and if required.
• Strong written/verbal communication; able to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
Key Skills (must have)
• Strong operational experience as a DBA across:
• Microsoft SQL Server (2016/2019/2022)
• Sybase ASE (16)
• Strong SQL and troubleshooting capability:
• Query tuning, indexing, execution plan analysis
• Locking/blocking analysis, deadlock triage, transaction log management
• Backup/restore strategy and execution (including restore testing).
• Monitoring and alerting discipline; ability to create/adjust thresholds and dashboards.
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Experience: 5-8 Years .
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