Job Description
Are you passionate about maintaining the reliability and performance of mission-critical, large-scale infrastructure? We are seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Oracle DB to join our Infrastructure team in Bengaluru. The ideal candidate goes beyond standard database administration—you are a holistic SRE who brings deep expertise in Oracle DB with Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC), along with extensive experience in managing large-scale, on-premises datacenter infrastructure. You will be responsible for ensuring database reliability, high availability, performance tuning, automation, and overall infrastructure scalability.

Key Responsibilities:
• Manage, and optimize large-scale Oracle Database environments, including hands-on operational management of Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) platforms.
• Serve as an SRE focused on total system reliability, high availability, fault tolerance, capacity planning, and incident response across on-premises datacenter environments.
• Implement site reliability best practices, IT operations, monitoring, alerting, and automated failover mechanisms to maintain always-up, always-available database and infrastructure services.
• Automate routine administrative tasks, maintenance procedures, and deployment pipelines using scripting and configuration management tools.
• Manage and optimize relational databases, with additional hands-on experience or working knowledge of MySQL (or MariaDB/Percona) setups.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot complex infrastructure, OS, storage, networking, and database issues across on-prem datacenter environments.
• Participate actively in on-call rotation schedules, incident resolution, and post-mortem analysis to continuously improve platform resilience.

Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
• Experience: Minimum 4 to 8 Years of hands-on experience in Database Administration and Site Reliability Engineering for large-scale enterprise environments.
• Core Technical Expertise: Deep proficiency in Oracle DB administration, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and operational management of ExaCC (Exadata Cloud@Customer).
• On-Prem Datacenter & Infrastructure: Strong experience in managing infrastructure within on-premises datacenter environments, including system-level understanding of compute, storage, and underlying hardware infrastructure.
• Linux & System Administration: Strong foundation in Linux/Unix operating systems, system administration, kernel parameter tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Networking Knowledge: Practical understanding of enterprise networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, and network troubleshooting.
• Work Location & Setup: Must be willing to work full-time from our Bengaluru office (Work from Office is mandatory).

Good to have:
• Working experience with MySQL / MariaDB / Percona relational database engines.
• Experience with automated configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, or Chef).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in disaster recovery planning, multi-datacenter replication, and high-availability architecture design.

If you are an enthusiastic team player with a robust technical background, eager to tackle challenges and contribute to the success of our operations, we would love to hear from you!

Additional Information
PhonePe Full Time Employee Benefits (Not applicable for Intern or Contract Roles)

Insurance Benefits - Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accidental Insurance, Life Insurance Wellness Program - Employee Assistance Program, Onsite Medical Center, Emergency Support System Parental Support - Maternity Benefit, Paternity Benefit Program, Adoption Assistance Program, Day-care Support Program Mobility Benefits - Relocation benefits, Transfer Support Policy, Travel Policy Retirement Benefits - Employee PF Contribution, Flexible PF Contribution, Gratuity, NPS, Leave Encashment Other Benefits - Higher Education Assistance, Car Lease, Salary Advance Policy

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Site Reliability Engineer - OracleDB (4 to 8 Years)

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