Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)
Okta
3 months ago
Chicago, IL, USA or New York, NY, USA
Senior / Mid Level
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$136k - $204k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and operate highly available PostgreSQL clusters.
- Optimize query performance, indexing strategies, and schema design.
- Perform capacity planning, growth forecasting, and workload modeling.
- Own high-availability strategies including automatic failover and disaster recovery.
- Develop automation for provisioning, configuration, and backups.
- Build monitoring, alerting, and self-healing systems for databases.
- Lead response during database incidents and conduct root-cause analysis.
- Partner with software engineers to optimize SQL and database design.
Requirements
- 4+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience in high-volume environments.
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL internals and performance tuning.
- Production experience with MySQL and advanced SQL skills.
- Experience with Linux systems and systems troubleshooting.
- Experience building automation with Go or Python.
- Production experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana.
- Hands-on experience with cloud environments such as AWS or GCP.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with company matching.
- Flexible spending accounts and paid leave including parental leave.
- Opportunities for social impact and community engagement.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache KafkaAWSDatadogGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesMySQLPostgreSQLPrometheusPythonTerraform
Categories
BackendData EngineeringDevOps