Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

Rackspace Technology; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Database Reliability Engineer, where you will ensure the performance and reliability of database infrastructures. This role involves designing and optimizing MongoDB clusters, implementing monitoring strategies, and collaborating with SRE and DevOps teams to enhance database operations. If you have a passion for automation and database management, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. Your expertise will help shape the future of database reliability and performance, making this role both challenging and rewarding.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in SRE managing database workloads, preferably MongoDB.
• Experience with automation frameworks and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize MongoDB clusters for performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate databases into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

MongoDB

Python

Ansible

Automation Frameworks

Database Monitoring

Query Tuning

Index Tuning

Database Security

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's Degree in Software Development

Tools

Elastic

Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

Job description

We are seeking a skilled Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) with expertise in MongoDB to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the performance, scalability, and reliability of our database infrastructure. You will work closely with development, SRE, and DevOps teams to optimize database operations, automate processes, and proactively resolve issues.

You Will:

1. Design, maintain, and optimize MongoDB clusters for high availability and performance.
2. Implement database monitoring, alerting, and automated remediation strategies.
3. Collaborate with SRE and DevOps teams to integrate databases into CI/CD pipelines.
4. Ensure database security, backup, and disaster recovery best practices.
5. Troubleshoot database performance issues and optimize queries and indexes.
6. Develop automation scripts and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions for database operations.
7. Plan and execute database upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning.

You Have:

1. Experience with automation frameworks.
2. Experience with Python and/or Ansible or equivalents.
3. MongoDB (Configure, Tune, Upgrade, Recovery).
4. Experience with MongoDB Sharding.
5. Experience with MongoDB Query and Index Tuning.
6. Experience with MongoDB Replication.

Nice to have:

1. Experience with Elastic.
2. Experience with networking and virtualization/containers.
3. Experience with troubleshooting hardware issues.
4. Experience with MongoDB security best practices.

Education/Experience:

1. A Highschool Diploma or equivalent is required.
2. A Bachelor's degree in software development, database programming, or computer engineering is preferred.
3. 5+ years in an SRE position managing database workloads (preferably MongoDB workloads) or 5+ years in a developer position with advanced MongoDB knowledge.

Sponsorship:

This role is not sponsorship eligible. Candidates need to be legally allowed to work in the US for any employer.