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OVERVIEW
As a Database DevOps Engineer you will collaborate with Product, Architecture, Engineering, SRE, and SecOps teams in delivering innovative solutions in an agile, multifaceted environment. An ideal candidate has experience as a Data Engineer with a strong Cloud and DevOps background (e.g. AWS). You’ll bring your deep knowledge about database internals, distributed systems, high availability, replication, scalability and performance to the role. A passion for scaling platforms and empowering developers is a must, as is a focus on technology excellence, reliability, security, high-performance, highly available (99.99%), and fully resilient infrastructure. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:- Work with a customer-focused dedicated team of SREs, Architects, and Engineers who are passionate about reducing the toil of software vulnerability remediation for our customers: IT, Engineering, and Operations teams.
- Leverage your engineering skills to dive into and prevent scaling and stability bottlenecks of platform services while building new things.
- Pair with fellow Architects, SREs and partner with software engineers to learn new technologies and innovative ways of building scalable cloud-native services.
- Help us build on and improve a self-service, cloud-native software delivery platform that enables developers to go from development to production quickly.
- Instrument, automate, and scale Automox's distributed, highly available products and services on AWS and Kubernetes.
- Partner with Automox's Engineering teams to identify, instrument, and measure the performance of platform services that impact Automox's customers.
- Learn and grow your skills while working with new and exciting technologies
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:- 6+ years of experience as a DBA, Database Engineer, or similar role is required.
- Experience with data management systems: Relational Databases (e.g. PostgreSQL), Event Streaming Platforms (e.g. Kafka), Key-Value Stores (e.g. Redis), Monitoring and Observability (e.g. Data Dog, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Experience with database load balancer/proxy tools (e.g PGPool, PGBouncer)
- A cloud certification (such as AWS cloud certification) is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with Cloud technologies such as RDS, Redshift, DynamoDB, EC2, S3, CLI, SDK, or equivalent cloud services.
- Exposure to a fast pace environment with focus on a growth stage product and scaled cloud infrastructure setup.
- Proficiency in coding in Java, Go, SQL, SPARQL, or Python
- Experience with DevOps (CI/CD, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, EKS, deployment to AWS) and deploying Database migrations in a safe, automated way.
- Experience in Infrastructure as Code / Automation is advantageous.
- Should have worked in Agile methodology.
- Solid understanding of all software development process phases, from initial requirements to operational support.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and experience with Production Incident Management / Root Cause analysis.
- Experience with important distributed systems service, including supporting Database Production Infrastructure with 24x7x365 support responsibilities.
- Have outstanding verbal and written communication skills and excellent speaking-listening-writing skills, attention to detail, proactive self-starter.
- Ability to deliver initiatives from conception through support.
Studies have shown that women, people of marginalized genders, and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We want to encourage you to apply, even if you don't feel like you meet all the requirements. We are more interested in your skills, your experience, and your passion for the work than we are in your specific qualifications.
ABOUT AUTOMOXAutomox is the cloud-native IT operations platform for modern organizations. Our award-winning answer to modern IT operations and best-in-class results earned Automox four straight quarters of record growth. We are now trusted by more than 2,500 leading companies and MSPs worldwide, including NASA, Yale, Xero