Principal Database Reliability Engineer

Principal Database Administrator Reliability Engineer (PostgreSQL Server Primary)

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Database Administrator/Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on cutting-edge SaaS technologies and impactful projects that are used by enterprises and users worldwide. You will drive technical strategy, lead large-scale projects, and mentor engineers across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:
Exposure on designing PostgresSQL ,MySQL Server Infrastructure Onprem and public Cloud (AWS or GCP or Azure) ensuring high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability.
Develop alerting and monitoring solutions using Internal Views, Extensions, and other tools.
Implement monitors and alerts using modern observability approaches, including SLI/SLOs and Error Budget.
Troubleshoot and resolve performance-related issues for EDB & Community PostgreSQL servers, reporting, ETL, and data warehouse-related issues.
Create, develop, and maintain database maintenance solutions, DB setup, and configuration PL/SQL scripts.
Implement and maintain EFM, replication solutions, and standby servers.
Review problematic code and suggest improvements.
Develop team policies, procedures, and techniques.
Ensure the health and quality of services and incidents, proactively identifying and addressing issues.
Provide technical mentorship and guidance, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for database systems. Continuously review and update existing best practices/SOPs.
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
Participate in the on-call rotations and provide critical support for production systems.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Support production and other environments consisting of EDB & Community PostgreSQL, EFM, PGBouncer and Linux.
Installation, configuration, maintenance, and administration of PostgreSQL.
Disaster Recovery Planning and Implementation (Replication of different types).
Strong knowledge of PL/SQL, Stored Procedures, Monitoring tools, and Performance monitoring.
Experience in planning and implementing backup policies.
Practical experience in managing internal and external database security.
Knowledge of hosting/SaaS environments and focusing on systems performance and high availability.
Knowledge of server hardware systems and operating systems.
Hands-on experience with scripting and automation using Python, Go, and Google Cloud Scripting.
Familiarity with various database technologies, including SQL (MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle), NoSQL (Cassandra, Astra), and SaaS DB instances (Cloud SQL, ASTRA).

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
9+ years of professional experience as a PostgreSQL Server DBA or Similar roles
Advanced skills with scripting and automation using Python, Go, PowerShell, Google Cloud Scripting and Infrastructure Code (IaC)
Proficiency with cloud technologies like Azure, AWS, GCP (Preferable)
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions.
Proficiency in building telemetry or observability implementation of SLI/SLO for database operations meeting high Standards.
Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
PostgreSQL (or)MySQL Certification is Must and preferable to have other Cloud certifications in AWS, GCP.