Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
• Strong hands-on experience as a Sybase ASE DBA (typically 5–10+ years depending on role level)
• Solid expertise in Sybase Replication Server administration and troubleshooting
• In-depth knowledge of ASE architecture (engines, caches, devices, segments, tempdb)
• Experience with performance tuning, query optimization, and monitoring tools
• Proficiency in backup/recovery, DR planning, and HA implementations
• Good understanding of UNIX/Linux operating systems and shell scripting
• Experience with capacity planning, database growth analysis, and storage management
• Familiarity with change management, release management, and ITIL processes
• Ability to analyze logs, error messages, and system tables to identify root causes
• Exposure to automation using shell/Perl/Python scripts is a plus
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with cross functional teams
• Banking, financial services, or mission critical production environment experience preferred
Roles & Responsibilities
• Install, configure, and upgrade Sybase ASE and Sybase Replication Server across development, test, UAT, and production environments
• Perform database administration activities including creation, configuration, patching, and environment setup
• Manage Replication Server (RS) topology, subscriptions, routes, and connections between primary and replicate databases
• Monitor database and replication health; proactively address performance bottlenecks, latency, and replication failures
• Tune ASE performance (memory, cache, tempdb, I/O, query optimization, statistics)
• Handle backup and recovery strategies using dump/load utilities; perform regular DR and restore testing
• Troubleshoot replication issues such as DSI/SQM errors, latency, missing transactions, and data inconsistency
• Manage HA/DR solutions such as Failover, warm standby, and logical standby databases
• Apply security best practices including user management, roles, permissions, auditing, and password policies
• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, and support teams during deployments, outages, and performance incidents
• Prepare and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and SOPs
• Participate in 24x7 support, on-call rotations, and incident/problem management
• Support database migrations, upgrades, and consolidation initiatives
• Ensure compliance with internal standards, SLAs, and regulatory requirements
Salary Range: $100,000 - $130,000 a year
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