Database Administrator

About Disprz

Disprz is an exciting growth stage series C SaaS company in the learning and skilling tech space. Serving over 2 million + learners,It has established itself as a leading start-up in this space in emerging APAC, a fact confirmed by the Government of India's Atma Nirbhar App award (#1 in the eLearning category) and its enviable client list of 300+ customers in every continent of the world, which includes the leading household names such as Amazon, Bajaj Insurance, Tata Motors, Uber, Pidilite, Indian oil, PETRONAS, DG Sharaf, to name a few. Disprz has recently forayed into developed markets, enjoys product-market fit, and is now ready to scale in the US, UK, and ANZ markets.

Disprz has been built by a great group of core engineers and product managers who will be a pleasure to work with. Disprz is on the journey of scaling to the next milestone of $25 million in revenue and we are ramping up the team for a seat in the high-speed rocket.

Disprz is a multi-product company organized into Spotify-style agile product tribes and squads, with a strong product and engineering team. It boasts a great culture code that empowers teams, values work-life balance, and encourages innovation and experimentation.

If you are driven, curious, and passionate about tackling technical challenges and driving innovation forward, we believe you would be an excellent fit for our team at Disprz.

Database Administrator (DBA)

As a Database Administrator, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of our database systems to ensure high availability, security, reliability, and performance. You will collaborate closely with product engineering, DevOps, and security teams to support mission-critical applications and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the leadership team in defining database reliability, scalability, and performance objectives.
• Manage, monitor, and optimize SQL and NoSQL database environments across development, staging, and production.
• Perform database administration tasks such as installation, upgrades, backup, recovery, replication, security, and capacity planning.
• Ensure database performance tuning, query optimization, and proactive monitoring to reduce downtime and improve system efficiency.
• Champion incident response and root cause analysis for database-related issues, driving improvements to MTTD and MTTR.
• Partner with DevOps and engineering teams to implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for database provisioning and automation.
• Work closely with the security and compliance team to enforce best practices in data security, auditing, and governance.
• Stay updated on emerging database technologies and help evaluate and pilot them in production.
  
  

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience as a Database Administrator (DBA).
• Proven expertise in SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, Cosmos DB, etc.).
• Experience with backup, recovery, clustering, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Strong knowledge of database performance tuning, profiling, and monitoring tools (e.g., Azure Application Insights, Grafana, Prometheus, etc.). Strong expertise with Microsoft Azure cloud platform and managed database services such as Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, and PostgreSQL on Azure.
• Understanding of CI/CD practices, RESTful APIs, and integration of databases into modern application stacks.
• Proficiency with Linux and Windows system administration relevant to database management.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Ansible is a plus.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Any cloud or database certifications (e.g., Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate) are a plus.
  
  

Location: Chennai

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge database and cloud technologies.
• Flexible working hours and remote work options.
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment.