Database Platform Engineer

About the Role

TechGrove by Banyan Software is a portfolio of vertical SaaS businesses. We are looking for a Database Platform Engineer to own the full database layer across one of our cloud-native product companies. This is not a traditional DBA role. You will be the engineering owner of everything database: schema design, performance, stored procedures, views, migrations, on-call, and all database-related decisions across Dev, QA, and Production environments built on Azure SQL Managed Instance.

This role is being built in-house to establish long-term ownership and institutional knowledge inside the engineering team.

What You Will Own

Azure SQL Managed Instance across all environments: Dev, QA, and Production

Schema design, evolution, and all migration scripts

All stored procedures, views, functions, and complex queries

Query performance tuning including execution plans, index strategy, statistics, and blocking analysis

On-call database support and incident response

Database CI/CD pipeline using DACPAC or migration-based deployments integrated with Azure DevOps

Database security covering TDE, RBAC, row-level security, auditing, and access control

Backup, restore, and disaster recovery validation

Monitoring and alerting via Azure Monitor and SQL Insights

Capacity planning and database health across all environments

Partnering with application developers to review data access patterns, flag inefficient queries, and guide ORM usage

What You Will Not Do

This is not a ticket-taking support role. You will not manage on-premise servers, run manual backups, or handle routine admin tasks that can be automated. You are expected to engineer solutions, not administer systems.

Required Skills

8 to 12 years of hands-on SQL Server experience

Deep expertise in Azure SQL Managed Instance or Azure SQL Database

Advanced T-SQL covering complex queries, stored procedures, views, triggers, and dynamic SQL

Query tuning using execution plans, index design, statistics, and wait stats analysis

Database DevOps using DACPAC, Flyway, or equivalent migration tooling integrated with CI/CD pipelines

Schema design for high-traffic transactional systems

Azure Monitor, SQL Insights, or equivalent observability tooling

Strong understanding of high availability including Always On, failover groups, and geo-replication

Experience working alongside .NET development teams using ADO.NET or Entity Framework

Good to Have

Azure Database Administrator Associate certification

Experience with Azure SQL pricing tiers and cost optimization

Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric or Azure Synapse for analytical workloads

Experience with row-level security for multi-tenant SaaS products

What Good Looks Like in This Role

No production query runs without an index review

Every schema change ships with a tested migration script

Database incidents are resolved with a root cause document and a prevention plan

Developers get a response within the same sprint when they raise a data access concern

On-call is structured, documented, and not reactive

Work Model

Hybrid. Minimum 3 days per week from our Chennai office. Remaining days flexible based on team and sprint cycle needs.