Cockroach DB Engineer

Matlen Silver; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a CockroachDB Database Engineer to design, build, and operationalize a CockroachDB-based DBaaS on Linux. You will contribute to scalable deployments, HA/DR planning, and enterprise security controls, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve reliability and developer experience.

The role requires hands-on CockroachDB experience, strong scripting skills, and expertise in multi-region deployments and observability tools.

Qualifications

• Hands-on CockroachDB design, build and operate experience.
• Deep understanding of distributed database replication, consistency and consensus models.
• Strong shell scripting for automation (Bash/Korn Shell).
• IaC principles and automation to enable scalable deployments.
• Experience with multi-region architectures and high availability design.
• Database performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enforce engineering standards, reference architectures and best practices.
• Build automation frameworks to enable scalable, repeatable deployments.
• Design self-service provisioning capabilities for application teams.
• Ensure high availability, performance tuning, monitoring, failover and DR capabilities.
• Define and implement security, compliance and governance controls.

Skills

CockroachDB architecture

Distributed DB concepts

Shell scripting

IaC principles

Multi-region deployments

Performance tuning

8+ years database engineering

Terraform

Ansible

Monitoring/Observability

Backup/DR strategies

RBAC security controls

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Due to business need this role requires a specific start date and will require resources that can meet the outlined start date.

The CockroachDB Database Engineer will be a hands-on Engineer responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing CockroachDB as an enterprise Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) on Linux platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and enforce engineering standards, reference architectures, and best practices
• Build automation frameworks using Ansible, shell scripting, and infrastructure-as-code principles to enable scalable, repeatable deployments
• Design and implement self-service provisioning capabilities for application teams
• Ensure high availability, performance tuning, monitoring, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities
• Define and implement security, compliance, and governance controls aligned with enterprise policies
• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and escalation point for CockroachDB-related issues
• Continuously improve platform reliability, efficiency, and developer experience

Primary skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with CockroachDB architecture and administration
• Deep understanding of distributed database systems (replication, consistency, consensus models)
• Strong shell scripting (Bash /Korn Shell) for automation and operational tooling
• Expertise in using AI Tools like Github Copilot or any other AI tools to write the code
• Experience with multi-region deployment architectures and high availability design
• Database performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning
• 8+ years of database engineering experience in enterprise environments
• Strong experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
• Experience in monitoring, alerting, and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
• Solid understanding of backup, restore, failover, and disaster recovery strategies
• Experience implementing security controls, encryption, RBAC, and compliance standards
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder communication skills
• Familiarity with Terraform or similar IaC tools
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline integration for database provisioning
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments