Senior Specialist, Global Infrastructure Operations

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Specialist, Global Infrastructure Operations based in India.

This role is a senior technical position focused on the design, optimization, automation, and reliability of enterprise database platforms. You will work across on-premises infrastructure and public cloud environments, supporting mission-critical applications and complex technology ecosystems. The role combines deep database expertise with performance engineering, high availability, disaster recovery, and cloud technologies. You will serve as a key technical escalation point, helping resolve complex infrastructure and database challenges. You will also influence platform standards, architecture decisions, and long-term technology improvements. Collaboration with application teams, end users, vendors, and infrastructure specialists will be central to your success. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the resilience, performance, and scalability of global enterprise infrastructure.

Accountabilities:

• Implement, optimize, automate, and maintain enterprise database technologies across on-premises and public cloud environments, including Oracle RAC, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Teradata, and related platforms.
• Design and support Oracle GoldenGate solutions for real-time change data capture and data replication across hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Develop and maintain robust database solutions supporting business-critical workloads, with a focus on performance tuning, upgrades, clustering, redundancy, scalability, and disaster recovery.
• Act as a senior subject matter expert and highest-level technical escalation point for database technologies across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Partner with application developers and end users to troubleshoot and resolve complex database and performance issues affecting mission-critical applications.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve technical standards and procedures for database installation, maintenance, upgrades, and platform enhancements.
• Evaluate and communicate architecture and design trade-offs involving availability, performance, interoperability, scalability, and cost to both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Support capacity planning, performance analysis, reporting, and proactive optimization of database and application environments.
• Lead or contribute to infrastructure and database projects, developing short- and long-term implementation plans and delivering initiatives on schedule.
• Coordinate effectively with third-party system integrators, solution providers, and technology vendors.
• Provide technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and cross-training to other members of the infrastructure team.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience implementing, administering, and optimizing Oracle RAC, Oracle GoldenGate, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server environments.
• Strong expertise in SQL performance tuning, including query optimization, index optimization, execution plan analysis, and plan management.
• Experience delivering enterprise database and cloud technology projects from planning through implementation and completion.
• At least 3 years of experience working with Linux/Unix operating systems such as RHEL, Solaris, or AIX.
• Practical experience with database and application performance tuning, capacity planning, performance reporting, and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of clustered environments, high availability architectures, redundancy, and disaster recovery.
• Good knowledge of enterprise database platforms and cloud-based database technologies, particularly within Microsoft Azure.
• Experience working with broader enterprise infrastructure technologies such as virtualization/VMware, server hardware, networks, load balancers, firewalls, SAN storage, backup systems, Active Directory/LDAP, SSO, and cloud platforms such as OCI.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical decisions to both technical and executive audiences.
• Experience managing relationships with external technology vendors, system integrators, and solution providers.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, execute projects effectively, and deliver work within agreed timelines.
• Knowledge of WebSphere, Apache Tomcat, or Oracle WebLogic is a plus.
• Familiarity with Oracle Transportation Management, Oracle Business Intelligence, or Oracle ODI is a plus.
• Exposure to multiple areas of enterprise infrastructure beyond databases is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Full-time remote position based in India.
• Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale database, cloud, and infrastructure environments.
• Exposure to complex hybrid infrastructure, high-availability platforms, and mission-critical applications.
• Opportunity to influence technical standards, architecture, automation, and long-term infrastructure strategy.
• Collaboration with diverse technical teams, application stakeholders, vendors, and global infrastructure specialists.
• Opportunities to develop expertise across databases, cloud platforms, operating systems, and enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Additional salary, healthcare, leave, and employee benefits may be provided according to the partner company's applicable policies.