Description

Role summary
Design, build and maintain secure, scalable applications and databases behind the Cell's citizen-service, monitoring and integration platforms. The role covers hands-on development, database architecture and mentoring junior developers.

Key responsibilities

• Design normalised, high-performance database schemas; write and optimise complex queries, stored procedures, functions and triggers
• Develop responsive front-end and robust back-end modules and REST APIs for citizen and departmental applications
• Integrate with State and national platforms (Raj SSO, Jan Aadhaar, e-Mitra, DigiLocker, payment gateways, SMS/email gateways, UIDAI-compliant flows) using secure APIs
• Manage database performance tuning, indexing, partitioning, backup/recovery, replication and migration
• Implement authentication, role-based access control, audit logging, encryption and other security controls in line with CERT-In, OWASP and MeitY guidelines
• Participate in architecture and code reviews, and enforce coding standards, unit/integration testing and CI/CD practices
• Support deployment, UAT, production issues and root-cause analysis on State Data Centre / MeitY-empanelled cloud environments
• Prepare technical documentation (SRS inputs, data models, API specs) and mentor junior team members

Skills

Required skills

• Databases: PostgreSQL / MySQL / Oracle / SQL Server (at least one at expert level); exposure to NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis) and search (Elasticsearch)
• Back end: Java (Spring Boot), Python (Django/FastAPI), Node.js or .NET
• Front end: React / Angular / Vue, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Tools: Git, Docker, Jenkins/GitLab CI, Linux, REST/SOAP, API gateways
• Strong debugging, performance tuning and secure-coding practices

Desirable

• Experience with microservices, Kubernetes and message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• Previous delivery on government projects; knowledge of GIGW and STQC/security audit requirements
• Certifications such as Oracle/Microsoft DB, AWS/GCP/Azure

Qualification: B.E./B.Tech/MCA in Computer Science or IT, or equivalent

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate