Senior Database Reliability & Platform Engineer

MathWorks; Natick (MA); On-site; USD 122,300 - 189,600; Full time

Job summary

MathWorks is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer in Natick, MA to ensure reliability, performance, and security of critical databases. You will partner with SREs, developers, cloud engineers, and security to design and operate scalable production systems.

This role emphasizes automation, IaC, observability, and platform engineering beyond traditional DB administration, shaping the future of database services across IT Platform Engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 6+ years of database reliability or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery.
• Strong collaboration with SREs, security, and application teams.
• Proficient in automation, IaC, and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Own reliability, availability, recoverability, security, and performance of production database platforms.
• Drive proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and incident prevention.
• Design and maintain automation to reduce toil and enable self-service.
• Lead cloud modernization and hybrid database architectures.
• Mentor teams and contribute to reliability standards.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server

Observability & monitoring

Automation & IaC

Cloud architecture

SRE collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

SSMS

SQL Server tools

Job description

MathWorks is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer in Natick, MA to ensure reliability, performance, and security of critical databases. You will partner with SREs, developers, cloud engineers, and security to design and operate scalable production systems.

This role emphasizes automation, IaC, observability, and platform engineering beyond traditional DB administration, shaping the future of database services across IT Platform Engineering.