Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) - Remote

Overview

We are seeking a skilled Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) with expertise in MongoDB to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the performance, scalability, and reliability of our database infrastructure.

In Short

• Design, maintain, and optimize MongoDB clusters for high availability and performance.
• Implement database monitoring, alerting, and automated remediation strategies.
• Collaborate with SRE and DevOps teams to integrate databases into CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure database security, backup, and disaster recovery best practices.
• Troubleshoot database performance issues and optimize queries and indexes.
• Develop automation scripts and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions for database operations.
• Plan and execute database upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning.
• Strong knowledge of MongoDB indexes, index management, integrity checks, and statistics.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills; written, verbal, and presentation.

Requirements

• A Highschool Diploma or equivalent is required.
• A Bachelor's degree in software development, database programming, or computer engineering is preferred.
• 5+ years in an SRE position managing database workloads (preferably MongoDB workloads).
• Experience with automation frameworks.
• Experience with Python and/or Ansible or equivalents.
• MongoDB (Configure, Tune, Upgrade, Recovery).
• Experience with MongoDB Sharding.
• Experience with MongoDB Query and Index Tuning.
• Experience with MongoDB Replication.

Benefits

• General Remote Environment.
• Moderate levels of stress may occur at times.
• It may require long periods of sitting and viewing a computer monitor.
• No physical demands are required.
• On-Call Rotation is required with the possibility during holidays as required by the business for 24/7 support.
• Occasional Travel, less than 10%.
• This role is not sponsorship eligible.
• Candidates need to be legally allowed to work in the US for any employer.