Job Description
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 PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, 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 PostgreSQL
o MySQL
o MongoDB
• Database backup and recovery strategies.
• Replication, clustering, and high-availability configurations.
• Performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing.