We are looking for aDatabase Reliability Engineer to join our DBRE team to help manage, support and scale our many MySQL clusters and PostgreSQL clusters in GCP. You will be a part of a growing team that is responsible for the performance, availability and security of our database clusters. The team is also responsible on keeping our database clusters up to date with the latest changes that happen within the MySQL community and the opensource world. If you are innovative, creative and passionate about technology you’ll fit right in!
Responsibilities:
Manage our SQL (MySQL and PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) database clusters and ensure they are working optimally
Continuous performance tuning and optimization
Aide the development teams in optimizing complex queries.
Automate everyday DBA tasks
Identify, define, and drive changes to our existing processes to increase reliability.
Script tools and automation for internal use to support continuous delivery of database updates and alters
Proactively seek opportunities to implement improvements for our DB infrastructure
Work on infrastructure design of cloud database services for microservices architecture on a global scale
Strive to improve how we operate, and to automated as much as possible.
Qualifications:
5+ years experience in managing MySQL in a high traffic SaaS environment.
Experience with recent MySQL versions 5.7, 8 etc.
Solid Linux experience
Some experience with other database engines. (eg PostgresSQL, Clickhouse)
Have knowledge in MongoDb or any NoSQL database.
Experience working in cloud services. (GCP, AWS, Azure)
Strong understanding of MySQL replication technologies. (eg. Tungsten, Galera, Group Replication)
Strong experience in MySQL sharding and partitioning.
3+ years experience with scripting languages (eg. Bash, python, ruby)
3+ years experience working with a LAMP stack
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong problem solving and debugging skills.
Have knowledge in data warehousing and enterprise IT concepts
Bonus:
A Python Code Ninja
Experience with Chef, Puppet, Terraform
Experience running MySQL in a microservices architecture (Kubernetes)
Database Reliability Engineer