Senior Database Administrator
IDFC FIRST Bank · Navi Mumbai
- Experience10–18 yrs
- SalaryNot disclosed
- Work modeunknown
- Levelsenior
- Posted19 Sept 2026
About IDFC FIRST Bank
IDFC FIRST Bank is hiring in Navi Mumbai in financial services. This role looks for around 10+ years of experience.
The role
Senior Database Administrator role at banking and financial services company, IDFC FIRST Bank, responsible for database administration including DB security, performance analysis and tuning, AlwaysOn and cluster/recovery configuration, DR drills, and RCA for major incidents. Skills include AlwaysOn, database encryption, database masking, Golden Gate/Kafka integration, cross-platform linked server/DB link configuration, cross-platform database migration, and OEM-based performance tuning/version upgrades. Location is Navi Mumbai (Airoli Processing Centre, Gigaplex Office) in a work mode not specified in the posting.
Full job description
Job Requirements
Role/Job Title: Senior Database Administrator
Function/ Department: Information Technology
Location: Navi Mumbai – Airoli Processing Centre (Gigaplex Office)
Job Summary: Database Administrator – Information Technology
Key Responsibilities:
Project/People Management Load balancing during EOD and SOD job External/Internal Audit Memory configuration DB Security Trouble shoot all jobs, maintenance plan issue, login/instance connectivity issues and Shipping/Mirroring Issues Mirroring Configuration in asynchronous mode / synchronous mode without automatic failover / synchronous mode with automatic failover Reconfiguration and setup DB cluster in case of failure due to incident Trouble shoot DB cluster Issue System database movement DR drill activity System/Database/Instance Performance analysis Configuring / Re-configuring AlwaysOn and Trobleshooting. Preparation of RCA for Major Incidents Repeat Incident / Alert Analysis Performance tuning suggest by OEM Updating and maintenance of Availability, Capacity management Risk Analysis and providing mitigation planning Continual Service Improvement Planning and executions Planning and execution of DR Drills based on availability of DR setup and recovery procedures Preparing, maintaining and updation of SOP and KBase Maintaining and updation of Infra AS IS / Infra Documents Incident / Problem / Change management Reinstallation and configuration raised due to Incident Configuring/Applying new policy. Analysis of blocked rules. Database VA / CA Management. Version upgrade. Capacity planning. RCA submission. Adherence to ISMS policy. Database software Installation. Cross Platform Linked server/DB Link configuration/Troubleshooting. Database Encryption for all Database Technology. Installation and troubleshooting Golden Gate/Kafka integration. Database Masking for all Database technology Cross platform Database migration Database code review and suggestion for performance improvement for all DB technology.
Education Qualification: Graduation: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) / Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) / Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) Post-Graduation: Master of Science (M.Sc) /Master of Technology (M.Tech) / Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
Experience:
10 – 18 years.