Hybrid Database Reliability Architect

MathWorks; Natick (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

MathWorks seeks a Principal Database Reliability Engineer to lead the reliability and evolution of our mission-critical database platforms. You will define technical direction, standards, and multi-year strategy for Microsoft SQL Server across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments.

You will partner with Site Reliability Engineering, application teams, and security to resolve complex incidents, improve performance, and drive cloud modernization while balancing security, cost, and operational

Qualifications

• Expert-level Microsoft SQL Server production experience.
• Shared ownership of enterprise database platforms and incident resolution.
• Strong automation with IaC, scripting, version control, CI/CD.
• Experience modernizing resilient database architectures in hybrid/cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability posture of production DB platforms.
• Define SLAs, availability, capacity, and recovery standards.
• Lead incident resolution and post-incident improvements.
• Guide automation, observability, and self-service tooling.
• Influence architecture decisions across teams and cloud strategies.

Skills

SQL Server expertise

Automation & IaC

CI/CD & tooling

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

MathWorks seeks a Principal Database Reliability Engineer to lead the reliability and evolution of our mission-critical database platforms. You will define technical direction, standards, and multi-year strategy for Microsoft SQL Server across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments.

You will partner with Site Reliability Engineering, application teams, and security to resolve complex incidents, improve performance, and drive cloud modernization while balancing security, cost, and operational