Senior Database Administrator
First seen by Alion on Aug 5, 2026.
Core Objective :
The DBA will take complete ownership of Stashfin's database infrastructure, which powers their core lending and risk engines. The primary goals are to ensure 99.99% uptime, achieve zero data loss, and maintain strict compliance with RBI regulations.
Key Responsibilities :
- Infrastructure Management : Architect, manage, and scale high-availability relational and NoSQL database clusters across AWS, GCP, or Cloud SQL to support high-volume transactions.
- Performance Optimization : Tune query execution, indexing, and resource utilization to maintain sub-second latencies.
- Disaster Recovery (DR) : Design DR strategies, automated backups, and multi-region replication to achieve near-zero RPO and RTO.
- Security & Compliance : Enforce strict encryption, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and audit logging to comply with RBI IT guidelines, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001.
- DevOps Collaboration : Oversee schema migrations and DDL scripts to guarantee zero-downtime deployments.
Key Requirements & Tech Stack :
- Experience : Proven track record managing large-scale, high-concurrency production environments (preferably in Fintech or Banking).
- Technologies : Deep expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS Aurora, Redshift, cloud databases (RDS), and caching engines like Redis.
- Technical Skills : Hands-on experience with failover configurations, lock/deadlock resolution, IOPS tuning, and conducting live DR drills.
- Compliance : Strong familiarity with data security protocols, audit readiness, data masking, and data localization laws.
Skills
DBA, DBA Support, IT Disaster Recovery, IT Compliance, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cloud, RDBMS, NoSQL, System Configuration