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About the Role
Datamatics Global Services is seeking a skilled Data Administrator (Database Administrator) with 3-11+ years of experience to manage, maintain, and optimize enterprise data platforms.
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Responsibilities
- Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise databases and data platforms
- Ensure database availability, security, performance, and reliability
- Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations
- Implement backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies
- Monitor database health, troubleshoot issues, and optimize system performance
- Collaborate with application developers, data engineers, and infrastructure teams
- Support data governance, data quality, and compliance initiatives
- Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and system configurations
- Participate in capacity planning and implementation of new data technologies
Requirements
- 3–11 years of experience in database administration or data platform administration
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, or Oracle Database
- Experience with in memory data management tools (Redis, Memcached, Apache Ignite)
- Experience with data platforms (Dataiku DSS, Vertex AI, Azure Machine Learning, Amazon SageMaker, Databricks)
- Experience in Database Administration, Performance Tuning, Backup & Recovery, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery
- Experience with Database Security, User Access Management, Data Integrity, and Capacity Planning
- Proficiency in SQL, Database Monitoring, and Query Optimization
- Experience with Linux or Windows Server administration
- Familiarity with Git and GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or related field
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Job Summary
- We are seeking a skilled Data Administrator to manage, maintain, and optimize enterprise data platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and data integrity.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise databases and data platforms.
- Ensure database availability, security, performance, and reliability.
- Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations.
- Implement backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies.
- Monitor database health, troubleshoot issues, and optimize system performance.
- Collaborate with application developers, data engineers, and infrastructure teams.
- Support data governance, data quality, and compliance initiatives.
- Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and system configurations.
- Participate in capacity planning and implementation of new data technologies.
Must Have Skills
- Experience with PostgreSQL OR Microsoft SQL Server OR MySQL OR Oracle Database.
- Experience with Redis OR Memcached OR Apache Ignite for in memory data management and caching.
- Experience with Dataiku DSS OR Vertex AI OR Azure Machine Learning OR Amazon SageMaker OR Databricks.
- Database Administration AND Performance Tuning AND Backup & Recovery AND High Availability AND Disaster Recovery.
- Database Security AND User Access Management AND Data Integrity AND Capacity Planning.
- SQL AND Database Monitoring AND Query Optimization.
- Experience with Linux OR Windows Server administration.
- Familiarity with Git AND GitHub OR GitLab OR Bitbucket.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and problem solving skills.
Good to Have Skills
- Experience with Docker OR Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms AWS OR Azure OR Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Familiarity with ETL OR ELT tools such as Informatica OR Talend OR Apache NiFi OR SSIS.
- Experience with monitoring tools Prometheus OR Grafana OR Zabbix OR Nagios.
- Knowledge of scripting using Python OR Bash OR PowerShell.
- Understanding of Data Governance AND Data Quality AND Master Data Management (MDM).
- Familiarity with CI/CD AND DevOps practices.
- Experience supporting analytics, reporting, or AI/ML workloads.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or a related field.
- 3–11 years of experience in database administration or data platform administration.
- Experience managing production database environments with high availability and performance requirements.
- Relevant certifications in PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, cloud platforms, or database technologies are a plus.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
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