Stashfin - Senior Database Administrator

Job description

**Core Objective** The DBA will take complete ownership of Stashfin's database infrastructure, which powers their core lending and risk engines. The primary goals are to ensure 99.99% uptime, achieve zero data loss, and maintain strict compliance with RBI regulations. **Key Responsibilities** - Infrastructure Management : Architect, manage, and scale high-availability relational and NoSQL database clusters across AWS, GCP, or Cloud SQL to support high-volume transactions. - Performance Optimization : Tune query execution, indexing, and resource utilization to maintain sub-second latencies. - Disaster Recovery (DR) : Design DR strategies, automated backups, and multi-region replication to achieve near-zero RPO and RTO. - Security & Compliance : Enforce strict encryption, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and audit logging to comply with RBI IT guidelines, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001. - DevOps Collaboration : Oversee schema migrations and DDL scripts to guarantee zero-downtime deployments. **Key Requirements & Tech Stack** - Experience : Proven track record managing large-scale, high-concurrency production environments (preferably in Fintech or Banking). - Technologies : Deep expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS Aurora, Redshift, cloud databases (RDS), and caching engines like Redis. - Technical Skills : Hands-on experience with failover configurations, lock/deadlock resolution, IOPS tuning, and conducting live DR drills. - Compliance : Strong familiarity with data security protocols, audit readiness, data masking, and data localization laws. (ref:hirist.tech)