REDIS DBA

Role: We are seeking a senior DBA specializing in Redis Data Integration (RDI) and Redis Enterprise to design, implement, and operate real-time data integration pipelines from source systems (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka, etc.) into Redis. The role includes HA/DR architecture, performance tuning for memory-first workloads, CDC/streaming patterns, security hardening, observability, and leadership across migration and modernization programs.

Your potential, unleashed.

India’s impact on the global economy has increased at an exponential rate and Deloitte presents an opportunity to unleash and realize your potential amongst cutting edge leaders, and organizations shaping the future of the region, and indeed, the world beyond.

At Deloitte, your whole self to work, every day. Combine that with our drive to propel with purpose and you have the perfect playground to collaborate, innovate, grow, and make an impact that matters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architecture & High Availability
• Design end-to-end RDI pipelines for CDC and streaming ingestion into Redis Enterprise/OSS.
• Engineer HA/DR for Redis (Cluster, Sentinel, and Redis Enterprise Active-Active/CRDTs), including cross‑DC replication and geo‑redundancy.
• Define persistence strategies (RDB, AOF, AOF rewrite), durability SLAs, and storage/I/O tuning for high-throughput workloads.
• Capacity planning and sizing (memory, shards/slots, network, disk I/O), and performance SLOs.
• Data Integration & CDC
• Implement CDC/streaming from relational sources (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL/streams (Kafka, MongoDB) into Redis using RDI connectors.
• Model data structures in Redis (Strings, Hashes, Sets, Sorted Sets) and modules (RedisJSON, RedisSearch, RedisTimeSeries, Bloom) to support cache-aside, read‑through/write‑through, and event‑driven patterns.
• Develop schema mapping, transformation logic, error handling, idempotency, and replay strategies.
• Establish exactly-once/at-least-once delivery semantics where relevant; manage back-pressure and rebalancing.
• Administration
• Install, configure, and upgrade Redis Enterprise (and Redis OSS where applicable) on Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu).
• Manage cluster operations: sharding, failover policies, role-based access, and client resiliency.
• Implement backup & recovery SOPs: scheduled RDB dumps, AOF management, filesystem snapshots (LVM/ZFS), and DR drills.
• Performance & Optimization
• Optimize memory footprint, eviction policies (nodeviction/volatile-/allkeys-), maxmemory, and fragmentation control.
• Tune ingestion throughput (pipelining, batching, TCP settings), and reduce latency under load.
• Identify/remediate hotspots: big keys, skewed slot distribution, slowlog entries, blocking commands, long-running Lua scripts.
• Benchmark environments using redis-benchmark and workload replay; analyze bottlenecks across pipeline stages.
• Security & Compliance
• Enforce TLS/SSL, ACLs, strong auth/rotation, network isolation, and configuration baselines.
• Integrate with enterprise auth (LDAP/AD/Kerberos) as applicable; secrets management and audit trails.
• Align with compliance requirements (PCI/ISO), including encryption-at-rest via OS/storage layers and data retention policies.
• Observability & Automation
• Implement monitoring/alerting using Prometheus + Grafana (redis‑exporter), RedisInsight, and pipeline metrics.
• Build runbooks; automate provisioning/config/maintenance using Bash, Python, Ansible (Terraform optional).
• Define SLIs/SLOs for latency, throughput, hit ratio, memory fragmentation, failover MTTR, and persistence lag; set error budgets.
• Collaboration & Leadership
• Partner with application teams on cache strategies, TTLs, and data modeling; guide adoption of Redis modules.
• Lead incident response, RCA, and preventive actions; mentor junior DBAs/engineers.
• Drive modernization initiatives (legacy cache replacement, Oracle/PostgreSQL offload to Redis), version upgrades, and capacity growth.

The team

The Team strategic growth team serves as a central pillar driving growth and transformation within Deloitte, spanning several business lines and various technology functions. We are established as a centralized team collaborating across consulting, implementation, and operation to maintain and enhance client value offerings and services. We innovate conventional approaches, leveraging Deloitte technology, differentiated domain expertise, intellectual property, talent, and capacity to embed continuous advantage and deliver enhanced business value.

In this team, our focus is on catering to the unique needs and preferences of clients in the South Asia region. Your role within this dynamic team is essential for establishing networks and relationships across the client stakeholder ecosystem and ensuring service fulfillment. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with other Deloitte leadership and stakeholders dedicated to the client. Your contributions will involve nurturing new and existing relationships, supporting presales life cycles, and playing a pivotal role in driving the success of Deloitte business growth for the specific client.

You will be part of a global organization that is making a measurable impact that matters every day.

Your work profile

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• 9–15 years of DBA experience with strong hands-on Redis/Redis Enterprise and data integration in on‑prem production.
• Proven experience designing and operating RDI pipelines for CDC/streaming into Redis.
• Deep knowledge of HA/DR (Redis Cluster/Sentinel/Enterprise Active‑Active), persistence (RDB/AOF), and performance tuning.
• Proficient in Linux administration, networking, and storage/I/O fundamentals.
• Strong scripting/automation (Bash, Python) and configuration management (Ansible).
• Experience with observability (Prometheus/Grafana, redis‑exporter, RedisInsight).

Desired qualifications

• Experience with Oracle-to-Postgres migration using EDB tools.
• Knowledge of pgBouncer, pgpool-II, and advanced PostgreSQL extensions (PostGIS, TimescaleDB).
• Certifications: PostgreSQL Professional or EDB Postgres Advanced DBA.

Location and way of working

• Base location: Mumbai
• This profile involves frequent travelling to client locations
• Hybrid is our default way of working. Each domain has customized the hybrid approach to their unique needs.

Your role as a leader

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.

In addition to living our purpose, leaders across our organization must strive to be:

• Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation
• Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose
• Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity
• Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future
• Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders
• Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions
• Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen
• Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities
• Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization
• Effective communication – Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities
• Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for

1. the success of engagement(s)

• Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience
• Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems
• Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte
• Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviours and attitudes to become more inclusive.