Principal Database Engineer

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is seeking a senior database architect to define and govern enterprise database platforms on AWS and GCP. You will lead SQL Server and PostgreSQL efforts, drive migrations to cloud-native services, and design automated provisioning, patching, and failover testing using IaC.

You will mentor engineers, partner with Platform Engineering on release automation, and establish observability, performance analytics, and recovery strategies to support complex enterprise applications.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 10+ years designing and managing enterprise relational database platforms in production.
• Extensive experience in public cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• IaC and DevOps practices implementation experience.
• Incident response, RCAs, SRE initiatives, and release automation experience.
• Mentoring engineers and driving cloud migrations to open-source or cloud-native platforms.
• Experience with Kubernetes or containerized workloads is preferred.
• Microsoft SQL Server certification or equivalent; cloud certs preferred.
• Strong scripting and programming skills in PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and influence technical strategy.

Aufgaben

• Define, architect, evolve, and govern secure enterprise DB platforms across AWS and GCP.
• Lead reliability and lifecycle management of Microsoft SQL Server platforms.
• Drive migrations toward PostgreSQL and cloud-native services.
• Design automated provisioning, patching, backups, failover testing using IaC.
• Partner with Platform Engineering on release automation and CI/CD.
• Collaborate with dev teams to optimize design, performance, and deployment strategies.
• Establish observability standards, telemetry, logging, and analytics.
• Define reliability objectives and recovery strategies; own post-incident RCA.
• Author engineering standards and reusable automation modules.
• Align database roadmaps with business goals; mentor engineers; cloud initiatives support.

Kenntnisse

Microsoft SQL Server Administration

PostgreSQL Database Management

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Cloud Migration Strategy

Database Performance Engineering

Scripting with PowerShell

Python Programming

Bash Scripting

Cloud-Native Applications

Kubernetes Management

Release Automation

Performance Analytics

Root Cause Analysis

Technical Communication

Mentoring Engineers

Influencing Technical Strategy

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Terraform

CI/CD Pipelines

Configuration Management

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

• Define, architect, evolve, and govern highly available, resilient, and secure enterprise database platforms across AWS and GCP
• Lead reliability, performance, scalability, and lifecycle management of Microsoft SQL Server platforms
• Drive enterprise-wide migrations and modernization initiatives toward PostgreSQL and cloud-native database services
• Design and develop automated frameworks for provisioning, patching, backup validation, failover testing, and routine maintenance using IaC and configuration management
• Partner with Platform Engineering on database release automation, CI/CD pipelines, schema versioning, and environment standardization
• Collaborate with application development teams to optimize database design, query performance, schema evolution, and deployment strategies
• Establish database observability standards, telemetry, logging, alerting, and performance analytics
• Define and improve database reliability objectives, recovery strategies, and operational readiness practices
• Lead root cause analysis and permanent corrective actions after major production incidents
• Author engineering standards, reusable automation modules, and technical documentation
• Align database technology roadmaps with business goals
• Evaluate emerging database and data-tier technologies for reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency
• Serve as primary technical authority for database architecture and cloud migrations
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and influence technical strategy across the engineering organization
• Support strategic cloud initiatives across AWS and Google Cloud
• Perform other duties supporting the overall objective of the position

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or any combination of education and experience providing the required qualifications
• 10+ years of experience designing, supporting, and managing enterprise relational database platforms in production
• Extensive experience operating in public cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps practices
• Experience participating in incident response, root cause analysis, SRE initiatives, schema versioning, and release automation
• Experience mentoring engineers, influencing enterprise technical standards, and driving legacy database migrations to cloud-native or open-source platforms
• Experience supporting cloud-native applications, Kubernetes, or containerized workloads (preferred)
• Microsoft SQL Server certification or equivalent experience
• AWS or Google Cloud Professional certification (preferred)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent containerization certification (preferred)
• Terraform Associate or equivalent Infrastructure as Code certification (preferred)
• ITIL Foundation or SRE-related certifications (preferred)
• Expert-level Microsoft SQL Server administration, engine internals, HADR strategies, and performance engineering
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL or other enterprise relational database platforms
• Knowledge of public cloud architectures, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation
• Advanced scripting and programming using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or equivalent languages
• Database performance engineering, advanced SQL query tuning, and troubleshooting of distributed data systems
• Ability to influence technical strategy and communicate complex technical concepts clearly

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and managing enterprise database platforms, particularly in Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL, while leveraging cloud technologies such as AWS and GCP. Proficient in implementing Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices to enhance database reliability and performance.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Microsoft SQL Server Administration
• PostgreSQL Database Management
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Cloud Migration Strategy
• Database Performance Engineering

Hard Skills

• Database Architecture
• Advanced SQL Query Tuning
• Scripting with PowerShell
• Python Programming
• Bash Scripting
• Cloud-Native Applications
• Kubernetes Management
• Release Automation
• Performance Analytics
• Root Cause Analysis

Soft Skills

• Technical Communication
• Mentoring Engineers
• Influencing Technical Strategy

Certifications & Qualifications

• Microsoft SQL Server Certification
• AWS Professional Certification
• Google Cloud Professional Certification
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Terraform Associate Certification
• ITIL Foundation Certification

Industry Keywords

• Enterprise Database Platforms
• Cloud-Native Services
• Public Cloud Environments
• Database Reliability Objectives
• Incident Response
• SRE Initiatives

Tools & Technologies

• AWS
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Terraform
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Configuration Management