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Senior DBA- Lead Database Administrator- Chennai, TN

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
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Lead DBA responsible for administering PostgreSQL, Snowflake and other databases; designing logical and physical data models; optimizing queries and monitoring performance. Must have Elastic (Elasticsearch) experience. Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and architecture teams to create standards, documentation, and database deployment pipelines, while ensuring security-first practices and clear communication.
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Significant experience working with a diverse set of RDBMs including their installation, maintenance, data model design, query optimization, and monitoring. 
 
"Experience in Elastic is required"
 
  1. Lead Database Administrator
    1. Responsibilities
      1. Administration of PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and any other databases throughout the development and production lifecycles in the Waltz environment
      2. Design and develop, logical and physical database designs from customer requirements
      3. Collaborate and provide best practice guidance to the development team
      4. Provide guidance as well as participate in the creation, modification, and implementation of database standards and procedures
      5. Create documentation of the database environment
      6. Collaborate with other DBAs and infrastructure team members to develop database deployment pipelines 
    2. Accountability
      1. Best design and documentation
      2. Clear, concise communication with the team
      3. Adherence to Waltz processes 
      4. Security first mindset
  2. Application/Infrastructure Architect
    1. Responsibilities
      1. Understand and design applications using appropriate, relevant, cost-effective technologies
      2. Keeps up to date with relevant technologies enabling better application design
      3. Ensures clear communication of design to all teams
      4. Partners with the onshore Infra architect, Application architect, database architect, as well as product owners
      5. Documents designs thoroughly
    2. Accountability
      1. Best design and documentation
      2. Clear, concise communication with the team
      3. Adherence to Waltz processes 
      4. Security first mindset

*Experience in Elastic is required

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For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. For a brief 1 minute video about us, you can check https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.

Photon Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office

DLF IT Park 1/124 Mount Poonamallee Road Sivaji Gardens Manapakkam , Chennai, India, 600089

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