Database Reliability Engineer — Observability & Automation

Sword Group; Genf; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training budget

25 days leave

International accident insurance

Regular events

International assignments

Innovation projects

Employee discounts

Job summary

Sword Group is seeking a Database Reliability Engineer to strengthen the team responsible for the reliability and operational management of application environments. You will serve as the main technical contact for database matters and collaborate with hybrid cloud, automation, development and architecture teams.

You will ensure database availability, security, performance and continuous improvement across PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, MongoDB, CouchDB, Redis and Kafka, while driving

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in a technical leadership role.
• At least 2 years operating PostgreSQL/MariaDB/SQL Server in large-scale environments.
• At least 1 year of infrastructure automation and process improvement.
• At least 1 year of professional software engineering in an OO language.
• Strong DBA knowledge: monitoring, maintenance, performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical reference for databases across the application landscape.
• Maintain and optimize stability, performance and operational reliability of database technologies.
• Investigate incidents, identify root causes and implement corrective measures.
• Collaborate with developers and architects to improve queries, indexing and data access patterns.
• Manage database lifecycle: patching, upgrades, migrations, backups and recovery validation.
• Automate recurring operational tasks: health checks, backups, monitoring, reporting.
• Enhance observability through monitoring, alerts and dashboards; contribute to security hardening.
• Maintain technical documentation and best practices; support data protection measures.

Skills

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Autonomous work

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

MariaDB

SQL Server

MongoDB

Redis

Kafka

CouchDB

Job description

Sword Group is seeking a Database Reliability Engineer to strengthen the team responsible for the reliability and operational management of application environments. You will serve as the main technical contact for database matters and collaborate with hybrid cloud, automation, development and architecture teams.

You will ensure database availability, security, performance and continuous improvement across PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, MongoDB, CouchDB, Redis and Kafka, while driving