Database Operations Engineer

Excis is a global company with client presence in 190+ countries, employing over 6000 engineers and serving 200+ enterprise clients. The company fosters an open, friendly, and collaborative culture focused on solving real-world data challenges and maintaining enterprise systems.

• Expert-level multi-platform DB administration: MS SQL, MySQL, Progress, MongoDB, Oracle, DB2 (administration, backup, patching, recovery) including relational and NoSQL platforms
• Advanced performance tuning and HA/DR knowledge: execution plans, indexing, wait events, AWR/ASH, engine metrics
• Deep understanding of HA/DR architectures: AlwaysOn, Data Guard, log shipping, replication, clustering
• Security, encryption, and compliance expertise: TLS, TDE, certificates, secure drivers, auditing, data masking, privilege management, license compliance, audit remediation
• Migration, capacity planning, observability, and recovery experience: data growth modeling, migration (on-prem to cloud), cloud DB services (Azure, GCP, AWS), observability/telemetry for performance monitoring and alerting, backup technologies
• Scripting and automation skills: PowerShell, Python, Bash
• Leadership and people management: mentoring L2 analysts, managing on-call rotas, vendor escalation, coordination with storage and infrastructure teams, governance and service review participation

• Lead Enterprise Database Management & Performance Optimization
• Oversee deployment, configuration, patching, version upgrades, and lifecycle management of enterprise database platforms (MS SQL, MySQL, Progress, MongoDB, Oracle, DB2)
• Drive performance tuning initiatives including execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, query optimization, wait event analysis (AWR/ASH), and resolution of resource bottlenecks
• Lead advanced backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures with validated restore plans, including snapshot-based recovery and cross-site failover
• Ensure data integrity, encryption (TLS, TDE), data masking, secure connectivity, and compliance with regulatory and security standards
• Take ownership of incident response for database outages and performance degradations, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate with application, infrastructure, storage, and cloud teams
• Oversee secure decommissioning of end-of-life database hardware and data sanitization processes
• Mentor and guide L2 Database Analysts, organize on-call rotas, and manage vendor escalations
• Lead database migration and consolidation activities (on-prem → cloud or cross-platform)
• Develop scripting automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash) for routine database operations, capacity planning, and health reviews
• Support audit remediation, license compliance, and business continuity planning including DR test execution
• Participate in governance, reporting, service reviews, and operational improvement initiatives
• Maintain documentation of database architectures, operational procedures, and support models