YugabyteDB Administrator

We are looking for a Yugabyte

DB Administrator (L3) to manage, operate, and optimize our distributed SQL database environments. This role involves hands-on administration, cluster operations, performance tuning, and ensuring high availability of Yugabyte

DB clusters across on-premises and cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

· Deploy, configure, and administer Yugabyte

DB clusters (YSQL and YCQL).

· Perform day-to-day operations including monitoring, patching, scaling, backup/restore, and upgrades.

· Manage multi-node, multi-region, and geo-distributed cluster architectures.

· Troubleshoot cluster issues related to performance, replication, node failures, networking, or query execution.

· Optimize database performance, indexes, workload distribution, and storage configurations.

· Implement and validate backup/restore strategies using YB tools and external frameworks.

· Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and automatic failover configurations.

· Collaborate with application and Dev Ops teams to support schema changes, query tuning, and deployment best practices.

· Automate database operations using scripting languages and Dev Ops workflows.

· Maintain compliance with security, encryption, audit, and access management standards.

· Provide on-call support for production environments as needed.

Required Skills

· 5–8 years of experience as a DBA or database engineer, with 3+ years in Yugabyte

DB or distributed SQL systems.

· Strong understanding of Yugabyte

DB architecture (DocDB, Raft consensus, Tablet Servers, Masters).

· Hands-on expertise with:
o YSQL, YCQL
o Cluster creation, replication, rebalancing
o Multi-AZ / multi-region configurations

· Experience with query tuning, execution plans, partitioning, and sharding concepts.

· Familiarity with HA/DR strategies for distributed databases.

· Strong skills in Linux administration, networking fundamentals, and system resource tuning.

· Scripting experience in Bash / Python / Power Shell for automation.

· Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Yugabyte Platform.

· Solid understanding of database security, authentication, RBAC, TLS setup, and auditing.