Senior Database Administrator / Database Platform Engineer (PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB & Cloud Databases)

Job Title:  – Senior Database Administrator / Database Platform Engineer (PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB & Cloud Databases)
Client: AMEX (American Express)
Location: Phoenix, AZ (Day 1 Onsite – Minimum 3 Days in Office)
Experience: 10+ Years

Interview: F2F required
Submission Limit: Only 2 Quality Profiles

Job Description: We are looking for an experienced Senior Database Administrator / Database Platform Engineer with strong hands-on experience in PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB, SQL Server, and cloud database technologies across AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
The candidate will be responsible for managing enterprise database platforms, providing 24x7 production support, database performance tuning, troubleshooting, high availability, backup and recovery, and automation. The ideal candidate should have experience supporting mission-critical production environments and improving database reliability and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities
Provide 24x7 production support for enterprise database platforms and critical business applications.

Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Manage database backup, recovery, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery.

Monitor database health, capacity, availability, and performance.

Perform query optimization, performance tuning, and workload management.

Handle production incidents, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and implement permanent fixes.

Manage Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes.

Support cloud database platforms across AWS and Google Cloud Platform.

Develop automation using Python, Shell Scripting, Ansible, and Terraform.

Work with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and data engineering teams.

Implement monitoring and observability solutions using Grafana and DMC.

Support enterprise-scale data platforms and high-volume workloads.

Must-Have Skills: PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB, SQL Server, AWS Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL, Google Cloud Platform Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Spanner, Database Administration, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Backup & Recovery, Replication, High Availability, AWS/Google Cloud Platform, Python, Unix/Linux Shell Scripting, Ansible, Terraform, GitHub, CI/CD, Grafana, DMC, ITIL, 24x7 Production Support.