About Persistent
We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.
Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.
About Position
As a Senior Database Administrator , you will be responsible for provisioning, maintaining, and scaling our most critical data storage and intelligence platforms. You will build, maintain, and scale production services and server farms across multiple global data centers and public cloud providers. You will contribute to the product architecture to improve our services' performance, operability, scalability, service reliability, capacity, and observability. We are looking for passion, curiosity, attention to details, taking pride in one's work, taking ownership, and having ideas/opinions. If you’re the enthusiastic team player who builds and tunes the highest performing databases out there, remains calm in a crisis, collaborates well, and codes automation we want to talk to you
What You'll Do:
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Design, administer, and maintain NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and MongoDB to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
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Manage and support SQL databases including MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona environments.
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Monitor database health, performance, capacity, and availability, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
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Administer and maintain Kafka messaging infrastructure to support reliable data streaming and integration.
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Automate database and system administration tasks using scripting languages and automation frameworks.
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Implement and manage configuration management solutions such as Puppet, Ansible, or Chef.
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Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive resolution of database-related incidents.
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Configure and maintain monitoring and alerting systems to ensure operational excellence.
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Execute database upgrades, patches, backups, recovery procedures, and performance tuning activities.
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Follow and contribute to operational best practices, including change management, incident management, and capacity planning.
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Support database platforms across public cloud and traditional datacenter environments.
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Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure reliable and scalable database services.
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Promote and implement database best practices, standards, and governance across the organization.
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Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge-sharing materials.
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Provide technical guidance and mentorship on database technologies and data platform operations.
Expertise You'll Bring:
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7+ years of relevant experience in the design, maintenance, and administration of NoSQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB) required.
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6+ years of relevant experience in the design, maintenance, and administration of traditional SQL-based databases (MySQL, MariaDB, Percona) required.
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Experience managing Kafka message bus infrastructures strongly preferred.
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Experience automating management of systems & database using common scripting languages
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and a demonstrated track record of leveraging them to evangelize technical best practices with databases/data intelligence platforms.
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Experience with monitoring and alerting systems.
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Experience with industry-standard operational practices such as change management, incident management, and working in both public clouds and traditional colocation datacenters.
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Experience using Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or analogous configuration management systems.
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BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience required.
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Experience with Puppet for infrastructure automation.
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Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services.
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Knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
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Experience working in highly available, distributed environments.
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Exposure to MongoDB and other NoSQL technologies.
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Strong scripting and automation capabilities.
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Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
Benefits
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Competitive salary and benefits package.
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Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications.
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Opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud, database, and automation technologies.
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Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards.
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Annual health check-ups.
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Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents.
Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment
Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.
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We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
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Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
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If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment.
"Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind."
