Senior Database Administrator (Urgent Search)

About Sakon :

Sakon (www.sakon.com) simplifies how businesses around the world Understand, Manage and Transform their Communications and Cloud Ecosystems. One of the world’s top SaaS companies in our markets, Sakon is a leader in managing communication services and costs, mobility, and cloud services, Sakon has 200 large enterprise customers spanning virtually every country across the globe. Sakon is headquartered in Concord, MA with additional locations across North America, Europe, and India.

Key Responsibilities

Database Architecture & Optimization

• Design, implement, and optimize scalable multi-tenant relational database architectures (MS SQL Server / MySQL).
• Drive performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing strategies to ensure low-latency operations at scale.
• Review and improve data models, normalization, and partitioning strategies.

Security, Backup, and Compliance

Automation & Monitoring

Data Lifecycle Management

Collaboration & Reviews

Incident Management

Support high availability (HA) and failover strategies (active-passive, clustering, read replicas, etc.).

Requirements

1. 7+ years of experience managing production-grade RDBMS

2. Proven expertise in query tuning, index design, and performance diagnostics.

3. Strong command of SQL, stored procedures, triggers, views, and functions.

4. Hands-on with replication, backups, failover, and HA architecture.

5. Experience with multi-tenant SaaS databases, especially schema-per-tenant or shared schema models.

6. Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and DBaaS solutions.

7. Proficient in automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

1. Exposure to NoSQL or time-series databases like Redis, MongoDB, InfluxDB.

2. Experience working with ORMs (SQLAlchemy, Hibernate) and ETL / data warehouse systems.

3. Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).

Interview Process :

Level 1 operations / Technical Round

Level 2 operations / Technical Round

HRBP Round

Consent : We will be using your resume for job applications open with us for a full-time contract and will save them for future reference.