CareerPlan

Senior DBA -1 (Database Reliability Engineer)

Remote - USA - NationwideFull-time$68k–$143k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, build, automate, and operate mission-critical MySQL database platforms in a cloud-first environment to ensure security, scalability, and high availability.

Role type

Senior Database Reliability Engineer (IC)

Builds

Secure, scalable, and highly available database platforms and automation pipelines

Domain

Financial risk analytics / Cloud-native database infrastructure

Required skills

MySQL administration, Linux troubleshooting, Python/Go/Java/C#/PowerShell/Bash, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, SRE practices, AI-assisted engineering tools, networking fundamentals

Preferred skills

Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, VM management, agent-driven automation workflows

Technologies

MySQL, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Linux, Microsoft Azure, GitHub Copilot

Responsibilities

Design and optimize enterprise MySQL architectures; Engineer replication, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions; Develop production-quality code and automation for provisioning and maintenance; Build Infrastructure as Code using Terraform; Define and track SLOs with monitoring and alerting; Lead incident response and root-cause analysis; Troubleshoot complex issues across databases, Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure; Lead database modernization initiatives.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC