Vivek Singh
Bengaluru
Summary
8 years of experience as a Database Administrator / Database Engineer with strong expertise in
MySQL and cloud-managed databases. Proven experience supporting high-traffic,
production-grade systems with a focus on reliability, performance, security, and cost optimization.
Hands-on expertise in MySQL 5.7/8.0 upgrades, database migrations, high availability, backup &
recovery, and automation. Experienced with Amazon Aurora MySQL & PostgreSQL, MongoDB,
PostgreSQL, ScyllaDB, Cassandra, Aerospike, Couchbase, and Elasticsearch. Strong cloud
exposure on AWS and Azure with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and version control with
Git. Adept at collaborating with application, SRE, and platform teams in fast-paced environments.
Basic working knowledge of Galera Cluster and Aerospik
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Database Administrator
Okta Identity India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
02.2024 - Current
- Worked on MySQL, Amazon Aurora MySQL, and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL databases.
- Managed AWS services including EC2, IAM, Secrets Manager, EBS, and Security Groups.
- Performed infrastructure and database-related changes using Terraform and Git.
- Executed AMI upgrades of EC2 instances and MySQL upgrades from version 5.7 to 8.0.
Senior Database Administrator
Myntra Designs pvt. ltd.
Bengaluru
04.2022 - 12.2023
- Handling MySQL and Mongodb clusters, performing all the day to day operations, Maintenance activities.
- Troubleshooting issues related to DB connectivity, user access and or any new adhoc requests, Performance related issues.
- Working on Innodb clusters on community version, setup of innodb cluster.
- Upgraded Multiple MySQL clusters from 5.7 to 8.0, performed multiple failover/cutover as a part of MySQL upgrade.
- Database archival(of tables) as part of reducing disk space utilization by means of partitioning with retention period and cost optimization and improving performance.
- Upscaling and downscaling of Database Clusters based on usage statistics.
- Working on Proxysql cluster using as a means of Load balancers and routing connections based on writes to master and reads on slaves segregation.
- Aerospike installation and basic maintenance like upgrades.
- Backup restore tasks using Xtrabackup online backup tool, altering bigger tables with PTOSC(online altering tool), other BAU tasks.
Database Administrator
ANI(OLA) Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
03.2021 - 03.2022
- Involved in installation and configuration of Percona MySQL server 5.7 on Ubuntu servers
- Involved in assigning roles and privileges to different users
- Percona Xtrabackup, PTOSC(for online alter). Backup and recovery jobs.
- Responsible for troubleshooting the database related issues
- Worked on Scylladb- Installation, Keyspaces, replication factor, setup cluster
- Also worked on Couchbase and Elasticsearch, can manage the clusters as a beginner
- Worked on MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases as well basic activities like Installation, Backup
- Replication and Monitoring
- Working on Azure- Launching of instances from portal, launching PostgreSQL RDS instances
- Working on AWS- Launching of EC2 instances, S3 backups, creation of EBS volumes and
- Attaching them to EC2 instances, Increase disk space through AWS, Creation of stack through
- Opsworks, cloning of stack, Creation of layers within a stack
Database Administrator
Clover Infotech pvt. ltd.
Bengaluru
07.2017 - 03.2021
- Installed and configured MySQL Database on Linux Server
- Involved in performance monitoring and tuning of the database
- Involved in backup and recovery tasks
- Work beyond regular hours based on business demands.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
Pillai's Institute of Information Technology
New Panvel07-2015
Some College (No Degree) - Science
Shri S. K. Somaiya Junior College of Arts
Vidyavihar, MmbaiSome College (No Degree) -
Sai English High School
Kalyan, ThaneSkills
- MySQL, Mongo administration
- AWS management
- Database optimization
- Terraform
- Backup strategies
- Cluster management
Accomplishments
Received Make it happen award in Myntra Designs Pvt Ltd for working on partitioning as archival strategy for bigger tables with retention periods and Also upgraded multiple clusters of MySQL from 5.7 to 8.0. Also took part in Cost Optimization on the clusters. Performed multiple master-slave failover/cutover as a part of MySQL upgrade and DB Migration from one cluster to another.
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Marathi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Database Administrator
Okta Identity India Pvt Ltd
02.2024 - Current
Senior Database Administrator
Myntra Designs pvt. ltd.
04.2022 - 12.2023
Database Administrator
ANI(OLA) Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
03.2021 - 03.2022
Database Administrator
Clover Infotech pvt. ltd.
07.2017 - 03.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
Pillai's Institute of Information Technology
Some College (No Degree) - Science
Shri S. K. Somaiya Junior College of Arts
Some College (No Degree) -
Sai English High School