Database Lead - SQL Server

About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced and visionary Database Lead to head enterprise-scale database operations across SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL platforms.

This role is ideal for a senior professional who can balance technical leadership, performance optimization, and cross-functional collaboration while ensuring that mission-critical data platforms run seamlessly and securely.

As the Database Lead, you will oversee large-scale migrations, architecture design, and database tuning while guiding a team of DBAs to deliver enterprise-class solutions.

You will work closely with application, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure databases are high-performing, resilient, and aligned with business SLAs.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead and manage enterprise-level database operations across SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
• Oversee database architecture, design, and migrations, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum efficiency.
• Drive performance tuning, monitoring, and optimization strategies for high-availability environments.
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and application teams to design efficient schemas, queries, and stored procedures.
• Define and enforce database governance policies, covering backups, recovery, auditing, and compliance.
• Lead database upgrades, patches, and capacity planning initiatives.
• Mentor and guide a team of DBAs, ensuring knowledge sharing, process adherence, and SLA compliance.
• Provide technical leadership in troubleshooting critical incidents and root cause analysis.
• Partner with cloud teams for hybrid and cloud-native database deployments.
• Prepare and present performance and risk reports to senior leadership.

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