Database Administrator - Teknosys

Grade: L2
Location: Islamabad
Company: Teknosys
Safeguard the databases that power Pakistan’s digital future
At Teknosys, resilience and reliability are the foundation of digital innovation. As a Database Administrator (DBA), you will
manage and safeguard mission-critical database platforms that power production applications across enterprises and government systems.
This role ensures high availability, performance optimization, and rapid recovery during failures or outages. You will design robust architectures, implement disaster recovery strategies, and collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams to maintain reliable and scalable database environments.
Requirements
What you’ll own
Installation, configuration, and maintenance of relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis) databases
High availability and failover management through replication, clustering, and switchover procedures
Backup integrity, disaster recovery planning, and periodic DR drills to validate readiness
Performance optimization through query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and capacity planning
Proactive monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis using Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, Nagios, or similar tools
Security hardening, encryption, access control, and compliance with industry standards
Collaboration with development teams on schema design, query optimization, and release planning
Automation of DBA tasks and infrastructure provisioning using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform
Documentation of SOPs, runbooks, backup procedures, and recovery playbooks.
What success looks like
Databases remain stable, secure, and highly available with minimal downtime
Failover and recovery procedures are tested and executed seamlessly during outages
Backup and disaster recovery strategies ensure zero or minimal data loss
Performance bottlenecks are eliminated, enabling scalable workloads and optimized queries
Monitoring systems proactively detect and resolve incidents within SLA compliance
Security and compliance standards are consistently met across environments
Teams collaborate effectively with strong DBA leadership and automation-driven efficiency.
You may be a strong fit if you
Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
Bring 2–4 years of hands-on experience in database administration with HA/DR setups
Strong skills in MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, with exposure to NoSQL platforms.
Proven ability in replication, clustering, failover, and disaster recovery planning with backup tools like pgBackRest or Percona XtraBackup.
Experience automating DBA tasks using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform, plus monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, or Nagios.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation discipline, and effective communication skills, with readiness for on‑call rotations.
Benefits
WHY TEKNOSYS
At Teknosys, you'll help build what's next for Pakistan's digital and AI landscape — engineering future-ready digital products and data platforms across AI, Data, IT, and Managed Services. As part of JazzWorld, you draw on the reach and trust of the group while moving at the pace of a technology company: partnering with global hyperscalers and industry leaders, and closing work that defines the future of digital in the region.
Joining us means being part of a fast-scaling, innovation-led business where your impact will directly fuel growth, customer success, and leadership.
Apply by: 20th October, 2026

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