Staff Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)
Core
Design, build, and maintain the PostgreSQL databases that power the Huntress Security Platform and support millions of endpoint agents.
Role type
Staff Database Reliability Engineer (PostgreSQL)
Builds
High-scale PostgreSQL clusters, monitoring dashboards, and alerting systems for the Security Platform
Domain
Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure (Azure)
Required skills
PostgreSQL cluster management, performance tuning, replication, failover, backup/recovery, indexing strategies, database partitioning, sharding, observability tooling, cloud storage/networking optimization
Preferred skills
NoSQL data models, RDBMS selection strategy, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Responsibilities
Fine-tune PostgreSQL configuration parameters for resource utilization; forecast resource needs and propose scaling solutions; design and maintain monitoring dashboards and alerting systems; implement optimal indexing strategies; manage advanced scaling techniques like partitioning and sharding; optimize PostgreSQL deployments in Azure; provide technical guidance on query/schema/index designs
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC