Database Administrator
VirtusaIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
Posted October 15, 2020
Full Time
About the Company
Virtusa is a global product and platform engineering firm that partners with enterprises to accelerate growth, profitability, and sustainability through domain‑driven solutions. The company blends strategy, design, and engineering—supported by deep expertise at the intersection of industry, business, and technology—to deliver tangible business impact. Virtusa’s service portfolio spans IT consulting, digital transformation, AI advisory, cloud and security, data analytics, and managed services across sectors such as financial services, healthcare, media, and manufacturing. Its distinctive value lies in combining industry‑specific insight with cutting‑edge technology to create next‑generation experiences that drive measurable outcomes.
Job Description
Transition DBA support to a 24x7 delivery team, align on standards with customer, and implement standards within 12 months. Provide 24x7 oncall support, train L2 support engineers, and review business procedures.
Requirements
- B.Tech (Computer Sc)
- Mandatory experience of working in a support engagement
- Hands on with ITIL processes
- Knowledge and experience of using ITSM tools like Service Now / Remedy
- Database skillsets: Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres
- Effective problem solving and root cause analysis skills
- Level 3 Administrative operational support of Microsoft SQL
- Alert monitoring, health checks, troubleshooting issues, and document knowledge articles
- Apply platform updates, patches, and configuration changes
- Participate in risk and security related activities
- Create incidents with vendor support as needed
- Train L2 support engineers
- Review existing business procedures and recommend and implement changes
- Performance tuning
- Ensure database backups are configured to meet defined RPO and RTO
- Deploy and configure SQL monitoring tools
- Automate data refreshes in lower environments
- Own release management process for database servers
- Skilled at defining business requirements
- Excellent English communication skill
Benefits
- 24x7 oncall support
- Training and development opportunities
- Opportunities for career growth and advancement
