• Database Management: Lead, manage, and optimize open-source databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and others, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.
• Team Leadership: Supervise and mentor a team of DBAs, providing guidance on best practices, troubleshooting, and career development.
• Database Architecture & Design: Collaborate with application development teams to design and implement database architectures, including schema design, indexing strategies, and partitioning.
• Performance Tuning & Optimization: Proactively monitor and fine-tune database performance, identifying bottlenecks and applying optimizations to improve query execution times and system responsiveness.
• Backup & Recovery: Oversee backup strategies and disaster recovery planning to ensure business continuity and data integrity.
• Automation & Scripting: Develop and implement automation scripts for database maintenance, backups, and monitoring using open-source tools.
• Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce database security policies, including encryption, access control, and auditing, to meet compliance and regulatory standards.
• Incident Management & Troubleshooting: Lead the response to production database issues, ensuring quick resolution and minimal downtime.
• Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, DevOps, and other teams to ensure seamless integration between database systems and applications.
• Research & Innovation: Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in open-source databases, and recommend new tools or methodologies to improve system performance and capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience with open-source databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, etc.) in a production environment.
• Leadership: At least 2 years of experience managing a team of database administrators or engineers.
• Database Optimization: Deep knowledge of database performance tuning, query optimization, and storage management.
• Backup & Recovery: Experience designing and implementing backup strategies and disaster recovery plans.
• Automation: Proficiency in automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet) or custom scripting in Python, Bash.
• Security & Compliance: Familiarity with database security practices, including encryption, user access control, and compliance standards.
• Cloud & Virtualization: Hands-on experience with databases on cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure is a plus.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in high-pressure environments.
• Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively across teams.