Lead Database Administrator

LeadSquared

Full-time automation,aws,azure,cassandra,data,databases,design,encryption,engineering,frameworks,gcp,infrastructure,infrastructure-as-code,lead,mongodb,monitoring,nosql,operations,oracle,performance,postgresql,product,rds,red,redis,saas,sed,shell,sql,unix
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Location
bengaluru, karnataka, India
Posted
June 06, 2026

Job Description

We are seeking a seasoned Lead Database Administrator to take full ownership of our database ecosystem. You will drive reliability, performance, and scalability across multiple database platforms on-premises and cloud while acting as the technical authority and mentor for our infrastructure team.

Key Responsibilities


Database Administration & Operations

  • Administer and maintain multiple databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis across production, staging, and development environments.
  • Monitor database health, performance metrics, query execution plans, and system resources; resolve bottlenecks proactively.
  • Design and enforce backup, recovery, replication, clustering, and failover strategies to guarantee high availability.
  • Manage schema changes, DDL migrations, and version-controlled deployments in collaboration with engineering teams.
  • Define and upho...