Database Administrator

Summary

Join Pythian, a multinational company specializing in strategic database and analytics services, as an SAP ASE Database Administrator. You will be part of a global team providing comprehensive support for database and application infrastructure to diverse clients. Responsibilities include managing database capacity, installing and upgrading Sybase ASE, handling incident responses, ensuring data security and compliance, and automating database tasks. The ideal candidate possesses 5-10 years of SAP ASE experience, strong SQL and T-SQL skills, and familiarity with Unix/Linux environments. Pythian offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible remote work options, a generous paid time off policy, a wellness budget, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• At least 5 to 10 year’s experience in SAP ASE
• SME level knowledge as a Sybase DBA with extensive experience in large and critical environments using Sybase ASE, Sybase 16, and Replication Server
• Experience in Sybase Replication Server, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions
• Good understanding of Unix/Linux environments
• Shell Script and Perl Scripting ability
• Solid SQL and T-SQL skills

Responsibilities

• Continuously review capacity and predictive reports to efficiently allocate system resources and future capacity
• Install, upgrade and patch multiple versions of Sybase ASE
• Manage incident responses, documenting and developing solutions to mitigate
• Backup and recovery skills (analysis, strategies, and options) and implementation (scripts, automation, verification)
• Working to tune SQL to ensure minimal resource consumption, optimal data access, and response times
• Ensure that database security and compliance standards are adhered to
• Coordinate database maintenance requirements and schedules with application support teams
• Automating database tasks for continuous service improvement
• Communicate with Pythian’s customers to articulate database issues and drive the resolution process
• You will need to participate in on-call duties, 24/7 support and provide

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledgeable of Cloud Technologies and work within private/public cloud environments would be a plus

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards and salary package
• Flexibly work remotely from your home or Hybrid from Bengaluru or Hyderabad office, there’s no daily travel requirement to an office!
• Collaborate with some of the best and brightest in the industry!
• Hone your skills or learn new ones with our substantial training allowance; participate in professional development days, attend training, become certified, whatever you like!
• We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and an annual budget to personalize your work environment!
• You will have an annual wellness budget to make yourself a priority (use it on gym memberships, massages, fitness and more)
• Additionally, you will receive a generous amount of paid vacation and sick days, as well as a day off to volunteer for your favorite charity