Database Analyst

HappyGlobal Service; California; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

HappyGlobal Service is seeking a Database Administrator (DBA / DBRE) to oversee day-to-day operations, monitoring, and reliability of cloud and local database environments. You will collaborate with development, SRE, and security teams to build scalable, secure, and automated database infrastructure.

The role emphasizes managing AWS RDS/Aurora, GCP Cloud SQL, and on-premises databases, implementing SLOs, disaster recovery, and performance tuning in a fast-growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in Database Administration or DBRE.
• Strong experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL including HA configurations.
• Experience with cloud databases (AWS RDS/Aurora or GCP Cloud SQL).
• Experience with IaC (Terraform) and scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations, monitoring, and reliability of cloud and local databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL Server).
• Define and maintain database SLOs, monitoring, alerting, and reliability standards with IaC (Terraform).
• Develop backup, disaster recovery, and recovery-testing strategies to meet RPO/RTO.
• Optimize database performance via SQL tuning, index planning, and capacity management.
• Maintain highly available architectures through replication, clustering, and failover.
• Implement and enforce database security controls (RBAC, encryption, auditing, masking).
• Automate provisioning and operations using Terraform, Python, and Shell.
• Collaborate with development, SRE, security, and other teams to improve reliability.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / IT

Tools

Terraform

Python

Shell

Monitoring tools

Job description

Database Administrator (DBA / DBRE) – Cloud Database Operations & Reliability Engineering

About the Job

The Database Administrator (DBA / DBRE) will be responsible for the day-to-day operations, monitoring, performance, and reliability of Bambu Lab’s cloud and local database environments. This role will work closely with development, SRE, and security teams to build scalable database infrastructure, improve system resilience, automate database operations, and maintain strong data security and compliance standards.

Work Model: Onsite

Employment Type: Full-Time

Happy Global’s client, Bambu Lab, is a technology company specializing in 3D printing products and solutions for consumer and professional markets. The company develops an integrated ecosystem of 3D printing hardware, software, and related technologies and continues to expand its operations in the United States.

As Bambu Lab’s U.S. technology organization continues to grow, the company is strengthening its local infrastructure and engineering capabilities to support reliable, secure, and scalable systems.

Description

The Database Administrator (DBA / DBRE) will be responsible for:

• Manage the day-to-day operations, monitoring, and reliability of cloud databases, including AWS RDS / Aurora and GCP Cloud SQL, as well as local database environments such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and SQL Server.


• Define and maintain database SLOs, monitoring, alerting, and reliability standards while managing database infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including Terraform.


• Develop and execute database backup, disaster recovery, and regular recovery-testing strategies to meet defined RPO and RTO requirements and ensure business continuity.


• Optimize database performance through SQL reviews, slow-query analysis, index planning, database parameter tuning, and capacity management.


• Maintain highly available database architectures through replication, clustering, failover management, elastic scaling, and other reliability engineering practices.


• Implement and enforce database security controls, including RBAC, auditing, encryption, data masking, and other data‑layer security and privacy requirements.


• Automate database provisioning, administration, monitoring, and operational workflows using Terraform, Python, Shell, and related engineering tools.


• Partner with development, SRE, security, and other local engineering teams to troubleshoot database incidents, conduct root‑cause analysis, and continuously improve database reliability and automation.

Profile

A successful Database Administrator (DBA / DBRE) should have:

• 3+ years of professional experience in Database Administration, Database Reliability Engineering, or a closely related database infrastructure role.


• Strong hands‑on expertise with MySQL or PostgreSQL, including database administration, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and high‑availability configurations.


• Hands‑on experience with cloud database platforms, particularly AWS RDS / Aurora or GCP Cloud SQL.


• Experience designing and maintaining high‑availability and scalable database environments, including replication, failover, backup, disaster recovery, and elastic scaling.


• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, and scripting languages such as Python or Shell for database automation.


• Hands‑on experience with database and infrastructure monitoring and observability tools, including alerting, performance analysis, and incident troubleshooting.


• Strong root‑cause analysis, incident management, and postmortem capabilities.


• Working proficiency in English and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional engineering, SRE, and security teams.


• Legal authorization to work in the United States or eligibility for employer-sponsored work authorization. Bambu Lab is willing to support qualified candidates requiring H‑1B sponsorship or H‑1B transfer.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent relevant professional experience will also be considered.


• Experience with additional database technologies such as Redis, SQL Server, or Oracle.


• Experience managing databases in environments requiring strong data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance controls.


• Experience implementing database security capabilities including RBAC, encryption, auditing, and data masking.


• Experience supporting high‑traffic, distributed, or rapidly scaling technology platforms.


• Experience working closely with SRE, DevOps, security, and software engineering teams in a production environment.

Base Salary: $150,000–$200,000 USD annually.

Additional compensation may include:

• Other performance‑based incentive compensation, if applicable

Benefits include:

• Medical insurance


• Paid time off and other company‑sponsored employee benefits, as applicable


• Professional development and career growth opportunities

Compensation may vary depending on experience, qualifications, technical expertise, location, and other job-related factors.

Background verification, if required, will only be conducted after a conditional offer of employment and in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

By applying for this position, candidates acknowledge that their application may be subject to Bambu Lab’s applicable candidate privacy policies.

Happy Global and its client, Bambu Lab, are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, California state, or local law.