Sr Database Engineer
Core
Ensure operational health, reliability, and performance of enterprise database environments (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) hosted on AWS.
Role type
Senior Individual Contributor Database Administrator
Builds
Production, QA, and Development database instances on AWS RDS and Linux EC2
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Database Administration
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle 19c, AWS RDS, Linux/Unix shell scripting, SQL, backup and recovery, performance tuning, capacity planning
Preferred skills
Terraform, Oracle Data Guard, PostgreSQL Streaming Replication, MySQL Group Replication, MS SQL Server, Agile/Scrum, load testing, streaming technologies
Technologies
AWS RDS, Linux, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle 19c, Terraform, pgBackRest, Percona XtraBackup, RMAN, AWS DMS
Responsibilities
Monitor database health and resolve operational issues like space exhaustion and blocking sessions; execute maintenance tasks including index rebuilding, patching, and schema management; manage backups and perform disaster recovery testing; tune query performance and optimize long-running batch jobs; automate recurring tasks using shell scripts and job schedulers; support development teams with data loads, migrations, and test data.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
