Application DBA – SQL Server / Oracle | Remote | Jobs In India

Company Overview DigitalXnode helps clients across industries connect with skilled and relevant talent for their technology and business requirements. We support hiring and staff augmentation needs by identifying professionals with the right expertise for different projects and engagement models. Our focus is on helping clients access suitable talent while creating meaningful professional opportunities across India.

Job Summary We are looking for an Application DBA to support database operations and project delivery activities. This role is primarily focused on application-level database support rather than infrastructure management. The DBA will act as an L2/L3 support resource, serving as an initial point of contact for database-related issues and helping project teams through development, QA, UAT, and release/deployment stages.

Key Responsibilities Support database deployments and project delivery activities. Provide database and environment support across QA, UAT, and release/deployment stages. Manage database users, access, permissions, and security-related administration. Monitor database performance and troubleshoot SQL and database issues. Investigate locking and blocking, long-running jobs, and data-processing failures.

Identify missing or ineffective indexes and support SQL performance troubleshooting. Review database logs and monitor CPU and storage utilization. Troubleshoot database job failures and diagnose environment issues. Act as a first point of contact for database issues and resolve or escalate as appropriate. Manage support tickets and drive issues to resolution. Review database code changes and support code merging into GitHub repositories.

Support development teams during implementation. Execute database deployment scripts using instructions provided through ServiceNow or Jira workflows. Support deployments into QA and UAT environments and troubleshoot deployment issues. Assist with database changes between environments and resolve integration and testing issues. Support project teams throughout the delivery lifecycle from development through release.

Required Technical Skills Application DBA experience focused on project delivery and operational support. Strong SQL Server and/or Oracle database experience. Experience with database application support and production support. Experience with database deployments and environment support. Hands-on knowledge of database access and permissions management. Experience troubleshooting SQL performance, locking, blocking, and long-running jobs.

Ability to investigate data-processing and database job failures. Experience reviewing database logs and monitoring resource utilization. Experience supporting QA and UAT database environments. Experience executing database deployment scripts and troubleshooting deployment issues. Working knowledge of GitHub-based code workflows. Experience with ServiceNow and Jira workflows. Preferred Skills Experience in L2/L3 Application DBA or database production support environments.

Experience supporting data warehouse development projects. Exposure to database code review and GitHub workflows. Experience supporting database changes across Development, QA, UAT, and Release environments. Experience with SQL Server and Oracle in enterprise environments. Strong troubleshooting and issue-resolution skills. Ability to collaborate with developers, QA teams, and project teams. AI Experience AI experience is not specified in the supplied requirements and is therefore not mandatory for this role.

Managerial Experience Direct people-management responsibility is not specified. The role is primarily an individual-contributor L2/L3 support position working with development, QA, and project teams. Operational Experience Strong operational database support experience is central to the role, including performance monitoring, issue diagnosis, access management, log review, job troubleshooting, deployment support, ticket management, and environment su