Database Reliability Engineer

The Briminc; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,400,000; Part time

Job summary

The Briminc in Bangalore North, India is seeking a Database Reliability Engineer (DRE) to design and operate cloud-native Aurora PostgreSQL databases on AWS as a contract role.

You will automate upgrades, migrations with near zero downtime using DMS, build Terraform modules, and implement CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with SREs and distributed teams to ensure performance, reliability and compliance.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years hands-on experience managing cloud-native databases, preferably Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, replication, and performance tuning.
• Experience with multi-region or zero-downtime migrations using DMS.
• Proficiency in Python for automation and SQL for database development.
• Experience with AWS database services (Aurora PostgreSQL & DMS).
• Strong CI/CD, Terraform, and container skills; good communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Aurora PostgreSQL systems in AWS.
• Build automation tools and scripts to upgrade or migrate databases with near zero downtime using DMS.
• Create and contribute to Terraform modules for DMS infrastructure deployment/management.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated rebuild deployments.
• Partner with SREs and service teams to meet performance and compliance needs.
• Troubleshoot production database issues using logs, query plans, metrics, and system behavior.
• Optimize schema, queries, and indexes for efficiency and scalability.
• Document runbooks, decisions, and engineering best practices.
• Foster reliability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.

Job description

Bangalore North, India | Posted on 02/10/2026

At The BrimincSoftech, we are a dynamic recruitment and talent solutions firmcommitted to connecting businesses with exceptional talent.Specializing in staff augmentation, permanent hiring, andcustomized workforce solutions, we partner with organizations topower their growth through people.

We are seeking a DatabaseReliability Engineer (DRE) with strong software engineering and clouddatabase infrastructure experience to support and evolve our global AWS-baseddatabase platforms. This is a contract role for a hands-on engineerpassionate about automation, reliability, and scalability - with deep expertisein Aurora PostgreSQL and modern cloud databasearchitectures.

KeyResponsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available and performant Aurora PostgreSQL systems in AWS.
• Build tools and scripts (Python, SQL) to automate upgrades or migratedatabases from 1 cluster/aws account to another with near zero downtime using DMS & create & contribute toterraform modules for DMS infrastructure deployment/management.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines workflows for repeatable, automatedrebuild deployments.
• Partner with SREs and service teams to design database solutions thatmeet application performance and compliance requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex production database issues by analyzing logs, queryplans, metrics, and system-level behavior.
• Optimize schema design, queries, and indexes to ensure efficiency andscalability.
• Document operational runbooks, architecture decisions, and engineeringbest practices.
• Contribute to a culture of reliability, continuous improvement, andtechnical excellence.

RequiredQualifications

• 5-7 years of hands-onexperience managing large-scale cloud-native databases, preferably AuroraPostgreSQL.
• Strong understanding of PostgreSQL internals, replication, andperformance tuning.
• Experience supporting multi-region or zero-downtime databasemigrations or upgrades using DMS.
• Proficiency in Python for automation and SQL for databasedevelopment and optimization.
• Experience with AWS database services (Aurora Postgresql &DMS).
• Solid grasp of CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code(Terraform),and containers (Docker).
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills; ability to collaboratewith distributed teams.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Elasticache Valkey/Redis, DynamoDB, orKeyspaces.
• Exposure to performance testing platforms, APMs, and observabilitytooling (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience contributing to engineering design reviews, mentoringpeers, and improving team-level processes.
• Proven experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident management in production environments.