· 5 years’ experience in a relevant technical position in large organizations
· Banking background
· Strong technical knowledge of MSSQL 2016 and higher
· Strong experience with performance tuning & optimization
· Strong experience in designing & developing HA solutions like Clustering, Always on AGs, Replication, Mirroring
· Experience in designing & developing database solutions for different application requirements.
· Experience in large scale migration & upgrade of MS SQL workload
· Strong experience in automation & configuration/deployment management tools like Jenkins, Ansible
· Proficient with Python or other relevant scripting languages
· Familiarity with agile tools (Jira) & version control concepts (GitHub)
· Pro-actively stay current with latest technologies and industry best practices associated to the position through self-learning and R&D
· Cloud services like Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure
· Understanding of Agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum
· Effective documentation of solutions & standards
· Technical knowledge in PGSQL 10 and higher
· Technical knowledge in MySQL 8.0 and higher
· Technical knowledge in other RDMS databases like Oracle (Oracle 12c & above)
· Good understanding of product’s licensing methodology
· Strong knowledge in Windows Server Systems and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
· Strong knowledge in Virtualization environment like VMWARE, Hyper-V & OVM
· Knowledge of other Open-Source databases like MongoDB, Redis