# GCP Cloud SQL DBA/Consultant Specialist

**Company**: HSBC
**Location**: Hyderabad, Telangana
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Consultant Specialist as a GCP Cloud SQL DBA. In this role, you will work with GCP services, including Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) and BigQuery.

Responsibilities:

- Design and operate solutions across public cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, primarily on GCP.

- Build and support CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab/GitHub, Nexus (or equivalent).

- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform (with Ansible as a plus).

- Work on Unix/Linux systems, including Bash scripting/programming.

- Write and maintain SQL scripts, preferably with BigQuery knowledge.

- Work effectively in an Agile/SCRUM environment and contribute across the SDLC.

- Apply cloud solution design patterns (e.g., microservices, messaging, distributed caching, containers, IAM).

- Communicate clearly, including presenting to clients and executive leadership; exposure to Grafana/Prometheus is a plus.

Requirements:

- Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade PostgreSQL on GCP Cloud SQL.

- Optimise performance by analysing slow queries, reviewing execution plans, and improving indexing, schema design, and DB parameters for throughput/latency.

- Design and manage high availability and disaster recovery, including replication, failover strategy, backup/restore, and DR testing with defined RTO/RPO.

- Implement proactive monitoring and alerting using Cloud Monitoring, Logs Explorer, and database metrics/alerts to prevent incidents.

- Enforce security and compliance best practices across IAM/privileges, encryption, auditing, network controls, and secrets management.

- Automate routine DBA activities through scripting and IaC (Terraform/Ansible), integrating with CI/CD pipelines.

- Lead capacity planning and cost optimisation by forecasting growth, right-sizing compute/storage, and improving cost efficiency across environments.

- Provide L2/L3 production support, including incident management, RCA, performance troubleshooting, release/change support, and collaboration with application, data engineering, and platform teams.

## Skills

### Required
- GCP
- Cloud SQL
- PostgreSQL
- BigQuery
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Jenkins
- GitLab
- GitHub
- Nexus
- Unix
- Linux
- Bash
- SQL
- Agile
- SCRUM
- CI/CD

### Nice to have
- Grafana
- Prometheus

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