Sr. Database Site Reliability Engineer; DB SRE

Sr. Database Site Reliability Engineer (DB SRE)

This is a senior individual contributor role operating in a highly visible, business‐critical environment. The Sr. DB SRE is expected to work with a high degree of autonomy, influence platform standards, and raise the reliability and operational maturity of the database platform. While not a people manager, the role provides technical leadership and guidance across the broader SRE and platform engineering organization.

• Own and continuously improve the reliability, availability, and performance of Azure Postgre
  
  SQL platforms across dev, stage, and prod.
• Design, build, and operate cloud database infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Apply SRE principles to stateful systems, including environment isolation, blast‑radius reduction, and automation‑first operations.
• Define and implement database observability (metrics, logs, dashboards, alerts) using enterprise monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog).
• Lead incident response for database‑related production issues and participate in on‑call rotations.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across performance, replication, connectivity, failover, and permissions.
• Define and validate high‑availability, backup, restore, disaster recovery, and point‑in‑time recovery (PITR) strategies.
• Enforce least‑privilege access, support audits, and ensure compliance with security and governance requirements.
• Collaborate with platform, application, security, and network teams to design scalable, secure database architectures.
• Provide senior technical leadership, set reliability standards, and mentor less‑experienced engineers.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant experience considered in lieu of degree.
• Typically 7+ years of relevant experience in SRE, platform, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• 7+ years hands‑on experience operating Postgre
  
  SQL databases in cloud environments (Azure strongly preferred).
• Strong production experience supporting high‑availability, business‑critical database platforms.
• Deep expertise with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform.
• Experience owning or participating in on‑call rotations and incident response.
• Strong understanding of database operations, including performance tuning, replication, backup/restore, and recovery.
• Experience designing and operating database observability and monitoring solutions.
• Solid knowledge of cloud security principles, including least‑privilege access and audit readiness.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Background as an SRE with strong database depth (not a traditional DBA role).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git/Git Ops workflows.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes (AKS preferred), Helm, and ArgoCD.
• Experience operating stateful workloads in Azure cloud environments.
• Exposure to regulated or highly controlled environments.
• Broader cloud platform experience beyond databases.

• High‑impact role on a new, cloud‑based Azure platform.
• True ownership of database reliability with influence over standards and architecture.
• Opportunity to shape how SRE practices are applied to stateful, mission‑critical systems.
• Strong visibility within Platform Engineering and clear technical growth path.

Base Pay Range: $132,400 – $220,600. Additional compensation may include annual bonus or long‑term incentive opportunities. Pay will be compliant with applicable regulations.

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