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Database Reliability Engineer

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about 4 hours ago
Hawthorne, CA, USASenior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$135k - $175k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the health, uptime, and performance of Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
  • Collaborate with internal customers to identify challenges and plan improvements.
  • Automate routine tasks using Python, bash, or similar scripting languages.
  • Engineer and maintain database monitoring solutions.
  • Develop and test comprehensive backup and disaster recovery strategies.
  • Optimize SQL queries to enhance system efficiency.
  • Document configurations and actions taken on database systems.
  • Support the professional growth of database engineering staff through coaching.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation for database support.
  • Act as a subject matter expert for database design and optimization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in IT, or 5+ years in database reliability or DevOps.
  • 5+ years of experience optimizing SQL queries and data replication.
  • 5+ years of experience developing monitoring tools and tuning databases.
  • Expertise in at least two database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
  • Strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills.
  • Experience with highly available solutions and clustered environments.
  • Knowledge of configuration management automation.
  • Understanding of data structure design and modeling.
  • Familiarity with development cycles to interface with developers.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
  • Short and long-term disability insurance and life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave and various discounts and perks.
  • Accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
  • Paid sick leave in accordance with company policy.

Tech Stack

Categories

BackendData EngineeringData ScienceDevOps