Senior Staff Engineer Senior Open-Source Database Administrator (DBA)

Role - Senior Open-Source Database Administrator (DBA)
Location - Atlanta GA 30328
Work Model - Onsite - Hybrid (3 days a week work from office)
Employment type - Fulltime

Job Overview: 

• The Senior Open-Source Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for the evaluation design implementation and ongoing management of open source database platforms supporting applications.
• This role operates in a highly distributed cloud-first environment and partners with engineering infrastructure and application teams to deliver scalable secure and highly available database solutions. 
• This position requires a self-driven individual who can work independently and collaboratively while contributing to a strong engineering culture. 

Responsibilities:

• Administer and support open-source database platforms including MySQL PostgreSQL MariaDB and Amazon Aurora PG Amazon Aurora MySQL.
• Ensure performance availability scalability and reliability of production and non-production databases proactively identifying and resolving performance capacity replication and distributed data issues.
• Perform routine database maintenance including vacuuming indexing archiving patching and upgrades Install configure and maintain database software across hybrid cloud environments Design implement and support replication and data movement solutions including Tungsten Replicator and AWS DMS Support AWS database services (RDS EC2 Aurora Redshift) ensuring optimal performance scalability and cost efficiency Implement and maintain database standards across security provisioning patching upgrades and operational maturity.
• Manage database security across the ecosystem including user access permissions and application connectivity.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code and automation solutions using Terraform Ansible and CI/CD pipelines.
• Utilize monitoring tools such as PMM (Percona) CloudWatch and New Relic to ensure database health and uptime.
• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to optimize database design performance and cost efficiency.
• Actively engage application and peer infrastructure teams to identify and drive cost optimization opportunities for database workloads with measurable outcomes.
• Participate in on-call support and incident response.

Qualifications :

Must have skills : 

• Amazon Aurora MariaDB MySQL MySQL DBA PostgreSQL.
• 7 years of experience in database administration with a focus on open-source technologies.
• Strong experience with MySQL 8.0 PostgreSQL 17 MariaDB 10.6 Amazon Aurora PG 15 Amazon Aurora MySQL in production environments including version management and lifecycle support.
• Hands-on experience with AWS database services including RDS EC2 Aurora and Redshift. 
• Proven experience designing and managing high availability architectures including replication failover strategies and distributed database systems.
• Strong understanding of backup and recovery strategies including point-in-time recovery (PITR) and disaster recovery planning.
• Experience with replication technologies such as Tungsten or similar tools.
• Experience building and managing automation using Terraform Ansible scripting and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills including database optimization query tuning and I/O performance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage modern AI and tooling ecosystems including prompt engineering and integration with platforms such as MCP to enhance database operations automate workflows and accelerate troubleshooting and insights.
• Experience managing database security access controls and network configurations.
• Experience working in hybrid cloud environments (on-prem and AWS).
• Strong working knowledge of Linux operating systems and shell scripting Experience with Aurora scaling multi-AZ deployments and read replica strategies Knowledge of AWS cost optimization practices for database workloads.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively leverage AI tools including prompt engineering to support database operations accelerate troubleshooting and improve productivity.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
   

Additional Information :

Disclaimer: Nagarro is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination based on race creed color national origin sex age disability or marital status.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time