Senior Database Engineer / Senior Consultant Specialist

HSBC
Pune
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Consulting & AdvisorySkills: ["Problem-solving","Collaboration","Documentation"]

Own the health, performance, and reliability of a multi-database ecosystem spanning relational, graph, and cloud-hosted platforms. Design, implement, and maintain PostgreSQL and Cassandra, including performance tuning, high availability, and operational support. Administer TigerGraph (GSQL, graph schema, cluster management) and help manage BigQuery datasets (partitioning/clustering, cost optimization, access control). Drive monitoring, backup/recovery/DR, and database security while partnering with backend and data teams.

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HSBC
2 weeks ago

Senior Database Engineer / Senior Consultant Specialist

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Job Summary

Own the health, performance, and reliability of a multi-database ecosystem spanning relational, graph, and cloud-hosted platforms. Design, implement, and maintain PostgreSQL and Cassandra, including performance tuning, high availability, and operational support. Administer TigerGraph (GSQL, graph schema, cluster management) and help manage BigQuery datasets (partitioning/clustering, cost optimization, access control). Drive monitoring, backup/recovery/DR, and database security while partnering with backend and data teams.
Location: Pune
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Consulting & Advisory
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the health, performance, and reliability of a multi-database ecosystem across relational, graph, and cloud-hosted platforms.
  • •Design, implement, and maintain PostgreSQL and Cassandra, including schema design, indexing, query optimisation, and high-availability configurations.
  • •Administer and develop TigerGraph (graph schema modelling, GSQL query development, and cluster management).
  • •Monitor database performance and proactively resolve bottlenecks, deadlocks, and slow queries.
  • •Own backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies, and enforce data security policies, access controls, and compliance.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of overall IT experience with strong database administration expertise.
  • •Hands-on DBA experience across performance tuning, replication, vacuuming, and partitioning.
  • •Hands-on experience administering TigerGraph, including graph modelling, GSQL development, and cluster operations.
  • •Strong Cassandra experience across data modelling, query optimisation, and operational support.
  • •Working knowledge of BigQuery (partitioning/clustering, cost optimisation, and access control/IAM) and GCP services such as Cloud SQL, GCS, IAM, and networking.
Experience:Database administrationGraph databasesCloudGCP
Skills:Problem-solvingCollaborationDocumentation
Tech Stack:PostgreSQLCassandraTigerGraphGSQLBigQueryGCPCloud SQLGCSIAMKubernetesGKECI/CDLiquibase

Company Brief

HSBC
Global banking and financial services organisation offering retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking, wealth management, and global markets services across Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1865
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