Key Responsibilities
Own and evolve comprehensive monitoring and alerting for MySQL InnoDB Clusters, and PostgreSQL infrastructure across multiple datacenters
Establish and execute a quarterly backup verification and disaster recovery testing program across all database systems
Serve as first-tier on-call responder for database incidents, executing documented runbooks and escalating to senior engineering when architecture-level decisions are required
Monitor and maintain replication health across databases
Own database user lifecycle management — provisioning, deprovisioning, access audits, and role-based access control across all database systems
Execute and track security compliance remediation including pen-test findings, GRC audit requirements, and encryption-at-rest verification
Manage operational health of the Debezium/Kafka Connect data pipeline in coordination with the Kafka infrastructure team
Build and maintain Puppet profiles for database infrastructure configuration management and write PHP, Python, or Go automation tooling to reduce operational toil
Develop and maintain runbooks, operational documentation, and disaster recovery procedures for all database systems
Partner with the Senior Platform Engineer (Databases) as a peer — reviewing each other's work, sharing on-call, and splitting ownership of database reliability across production systems
Qualifications
7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Database Operations roles in production environments at scale
Deep operational expertise with MySQL in production — InnoDB Cluster, Group Replication, MySQL Router, and ProxySQL — with strong troubleshooting skills for replication, performance, and reliability issues
Production experience with PostgreSQL — replication, high availability, performance tuning, and operational management
Strong proficiency with configuration management tools (Puppet preferred) and infrastructure-as-code practices
Experience with database backup tools (xtrabackup, pg_dump, mysqldump) and disaster recovery procedures
Proficiency in PHP and Python or Go for automation, tooling, and integration with existing codebases
Experience with database observability — Prometheus exporters, Grafana dashboards, alerting frameworks, and SLO/error-budget methodology
Familiarity with Kafka Connect, Debezium, or similar change-data-capture pipelines
Strong incident response skills with experience in on-call rotations, including post-incident review and remediation
