Job Title:  AVP | Database Management | Mumbai | Engineering

AVP | Engineering, AI & Data – Engineering | Redis DBA

Location:  Mumbai

The Team

Engineering helps Reimagine and re-engineer mission-critical operations and processes; Leverage engineering-led design, deep industry knowledge, and AI and data-driven insights to transform the technology platforms at the heart of business.  

Working alongside team, we empower and drive mission-critical solutions whether we need to modernize existing systems or implement new technology products and platforms. Through innovation, we improve financial performance, accelerate new digital businesses and fuel growth. Learn more about Engineering, AI and Data

Your Work Profile

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Redis DBA to design, operate, and optimize mission-critical on‑premise Redis environments. The role covers HA/DR architectures (Redis Cluster & Sentinel), performance tuning for memory-first workloads, persistence strategies (RDB/AOF), security hardening, automation, observability, and leadership across operations and modernization initiatives.

Architecture & High Availability

• Design and operate Redis Cluster (sharding/slots) and Redis Sentinel for automated failover.
• Engineer HA/DR, including cross‑DC replication, geo-redundancy, and capacity planning for high‑throughput/low‑latency workloads.
• Define persistence strategies (RDB snapshots, AOF, AOF rewrite), durability SLAs, and storage considerations (filesystem tuning, I/O strategies).
• Evaluate and (optionally) operate Redis Enterprise features (Active‑Active/CRDTs, multi‑AZ, tiered memory, modules).

Administration

• Install, configure, patch, and upgrade Redis OSS (and Redis Enterprise if applicable) on Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu).
• Manage replication, sharding, and failover policies; implement connection pooling and client resilient patterns.
• Plan keyspace design, data structures (Strings, Lists, Sets, Sorted Sets, Hashes), and modules (RedisJSON, RedisSearch, RedisTimeSeries, Bloom).
• Implement backup & recovery: scheduled RDB dumps, AOF management, filesystem snapshots (e.g., LVM), hot/cold backup SOPs, and DR drills

Performance & Optimization

• Optimize memory footprint, eviction policies (noeviction/volatile‑, allkeys‑), maxmemory settings, and compression/module strategies.
• Tune latency via pipelining, client-side batching, TCP/keepalive, I/O threads (where supported), and network settings.
• Analyze and remediate hotspots: big keys, skewed slot distribution, slowlog, blocking commands, and long‑running Lua scripts.
• Benchmark and size environments using redis-benchmark, realistic workload replay, and flame graphs (optional).

Security & Compliance

• Enforce TLS/SSL, ACLs, strong auth/rotations, and restricted bind/port exposure; harden OS/network paths.
• Define RBAC/SOPs for access, secrets management, audit trails, and configuration baselines.
• Align with compliance standards (e.g., PCI/ISO), including data retention, privacy, and encryption at rest (via OS/storage layers).

Observability & Automation

• Implement monitoring/alerting via Prometheus + Grafana (redis‑exporter), RedisInsight, OS metrics, and log pipelines.
• Build runbooks and automate provisioning, config, and maintenance using Bash, Python, and Ansible (or Terraform for infra).
• Establish SLOs/SLIs for latency, throughput, memory fragmentation, hit ratio, failover MTTR, and persistence lag.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Partner with application teams to model data structures, TTL strategies, and cache‑aside/write‑through/read‑through patterns.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and preventive actions; mentor junior DBAs/engineers.
• Guide modernization, capacity growth, version upgrades, and (optional) hybrid adoption with cloud caches.

Key Skills Required

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• 9–15 years of DBA experience with strong hands-on expertise in Redis production environments (on‑prem).
• Proven experience with Redis Cluster & Sentinel, replication, and HA/DR designs.
• Deep knowledge of persistence (RDB/AOF), performance tuning, and memory management/eviction policies.
• Proficient in Linux administration, networking, and storage/I/O fundamentals.
• Strong scripting/automation skills (Bash, Python) and config management (Ansible).
• Experience with monitoring stacks (Prometheus/Grafana, redis‑exporter) and RedisInsight.
• 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.
• Educational Qualification: Any Bachelors