Simpplr is hiring a
Database Administrator

Summary

Simpplr is seeking a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) to manage and optimize databases, particularly ElasticSearch and AWS managed databases. The role involves ensuring database performance, availability, security, and best practices, as well as performing backup and recovery strategies, troubleshooting complex issues, and adhering to security and compliance regulations.

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven experience as a DBA with expertise in ElasticSearch and AWS managed RDS (PostgreSQL and MySQL) with multi region setup
• Familiarity with database design, documentation and coding, specially for multi tenant architecture
• Solid experience in database backup, failover, recovery procedures, and disaster recovery planning, security, integrity and SQL

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and implement policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of databases and regular testing
• Build and design database systems of high availability and quality depending on product needs
• Minimize database downtime and manage parameters to provide fast query responses
• Provide proactive and reactive data management support and training to users
• Monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required, to ensure optimal performance
• Design and execute database backup and recovery strategies, including failover planning and testing
• Perform tests and evaluations regularly to ensure data failover, restore, recovery are within RPO and RTO
• Ensure database security measures are in place, including access controls and audit logging
• Comply with all applicable data privacy laws and regulations
• Utilize AWS CloudWatch and other monitoring tools to ensure database health, performance, and to automate scaling and notifications
• Provide high-level support for complex database issues, including troubleshooting

Preferred Qualifications

• Good to have a basic understanding of Mongo, Redis and Snowflake
• Open to learn new technologies and skills