What you’ll bring:
• 8+ years of database engineering/administration experience, including demonstrated ownership of platform-level database strategy and reliability across multiple teams or business-critical systems.
• Deep expertise in: Performance tuning (query plans, indexing strategies, locking/blocking analysis, deadlock resolution): High availability and disaster recovery configurations; Backup/restore strategies and validation; Database security and hardening
• Strong experience operating databases in Azure and AWS, including managed services (Azure SQL, RDS, etc.) and self-managed deployments.
• Proven experience with database migrations (on-prem to cloud, version upgrades, cross-platform migrations).
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python) to automate DBA workflows.
• Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability for database systems.
• Solid understanding of reliability engineering principles (SLIs/SLOs) as they apply to database systems.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and containerized database environments (Kubernetes, Docker) is a plus.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for database schema deployments (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, TeamCity, etc.).
• Strong troubleshooting skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage high-impact production systems.