Senior Technical Specialist
India
Job Description
Senior Technical Specialist
Hyderabad, Telangana

Job Summary

Database Platform Engineer / SRE 1 Strong experience as a Database Platform Engineer, Database Reliability Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Engineer or Infrastructure Engineer supporting production database platforms.
Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, AlloyDB or equivalent cloud-native database technologies, including provisioning, configuration, operational support and performance management.
Experience with backup, restore, replication, high availability, failover, disaster recovery, patching, upgrades and resilience testing for database services.
Strong understanding of database observability, including query performance, latency, throughput, connections, storage, replication lag, errors, capacity and service health.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform, and CI/CD or automation tooling for database platform delivery and configuration.
Good understanding of security controls, access management, encryption, secrets, certificates, auditability and data protection expectations.
Experience supporting business-critical production services, incidents, problem management, operational readiness and continuous improvement.
Ability to work collaboratively across engineering, data, cloud, SRE, supplier and operations teams to resolve complex platform issues.
Banking or core banking platform experience.
Experience working with Thought Machine Vault.
Experience with GCP database services, AlloyDB, PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL or equivalent managed database platforms.
Experience with Kafka, data pipelines, Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry, GKE, Terraform or service mesh technologies.
Knowledge of SRE principles including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, operational readiness, reliability dashboards and toil reduction.
Experience with regulated data controls, data governance, audit evidence, backup policy and recovery evidence.

 

Key Responsibilities

Database Platform Engineer / SRE 1 Strong experience as a Database Platform Engineer, Database Reliability Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Engineer or Infrastructure Engineer supporting production database platforms.
Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, AlloyDB or equivalent cloud-native database technologies, including provisioning, configuration, operational support and performance management.
Experience with backup, restore, replication, high availability, failover, disaster recovery, patching, upgrades and resilience testing for database services.
Strong understanding of database observability, including query performance, latency, throughput, connections, storage, replication lag, errors, capacity and service health.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform, and CI/CD or automation tooling for database platform delivery and configuration.
Good understanding of security controls, access management, encryption, secrets, certificates, auditability and data protection expectations.
Experience supporting business-critical production services, incidents, problem management, operational readiness and continuous improvement.
Ability to work collaboratively across engineering, data, cloud, SRE, supplier and operations teams to resolve complex platform issues.
Banking or core banking platform experience.
Experience working with Thought Machine Vault.
Experience with GCP database services, AlloyDB, PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL or equivalent managed database platforms.
Experience with Kafka, data pipelines, Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry, GKE, Terraform or service mesh technologies.
Knowledge of SRE principles including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, operational readiness, reliability dashboards and toil reduction.
Experience with regulated data controls, data governance, audit evidence, backup policy and recovery evidence.

 

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Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.