Engineering Manager - DBA

Position: Engineering Manager - Database

Job Location: Noida

Role Overview

We are seeking a Database Engineering Manager (Individual Contributor) with deep expertise in MySQL and strong working knowledge of MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Cassandra. This role combines hands-on database administration and optimization with strategic ownership of database reliability, automation, and cloud adoption. The candidate will lead by example—driving technical excellence, influencing best practices, and partnering cross-functionally with DevOps, SRE, and product engineering teams to deliver highly available, secure, and scalable database platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Ownership of MySQL databases in production & staging—availability, performance, and reliability.
• Architect, manage, and support MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Cassandra clusters for scale and resilience.
• Define and enforce backup, recovery, HA, and DR strategies across all critical database platforms.
• Drive database performance engineering—tuning queries, optimizing schemas, indexing, and partitioning for high-volume workloads.
• Own replication, clustering, and failover architectures ensuring business continuity.
• Champion automation & AI-driven operations—design self-healing scripts, predictive scaling, and proactive monitoring solutions. Collaborate with Cloud/DevOps teams on AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, EC2, S3) to optimize cost, security, and performance.
• Establish monitoring dashboards & alerting mechanisms for slow queries, replication lag, deadlocks, and capacity planning. Ensure compliance & security standards—encryption, auditing, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead incident management & on-call rotations, ensuring rapid response and minimal MTTR.
• Act as a strategic technical partner, contributing to database roadmaps, automation strategy, and adoption of AI-driven DBA practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6–10 years of proven DBA experience with primary expertise in MySQL (InnoDB, replication, clustering).
• Strong working experience in MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Cassandra administration.
• Demonstrated expertise in database performance tuning, schema design, and query optimization.
• Deep exposure to AWS cloud database stack (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, Backup/Restore frameworks).
• Solid skills in Linux administration, shell scripting, and automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with AI/ML tools for database monitoring and operational efficiency.
• Proven ability to manage large-scale, high-availability OLTP/OLAP workloads.
• Strong understanding of database security, encryption, and compliance frameworks.
• Excellent problem-solving, cross-team collaboration, and communication skills.
• Leadership mindset with the ability to mentor peers, define standards, and influence technical strategy while staying hands-on