Sr. Database Site Reliability Engineer; DB SRE

Overview

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Sr. Database Site Reliability Engineer (DB SRE) is responsible for owning the reliability, availability, and operational maturity of business‑critical Azure Postgre

SQL platforms supporting the Cover My Meds  (CMM) platform. This role applies Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to database services, emphasizing automation, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and resilience in a modern cloud-native environment.

This role sits within Platform Core Engineering
, partnering closely with application, platform, security, and network engineering teams. In this environment,
there is no separate DBA team
—the DB SRE owns database reliability end‑to‑end across development, staging, and production.

Candidates who reside in the Columbus, OH metropolitan area will be given priority. This role will allow for remote work.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role presently or in the future.

• 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

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.

• 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 (7+ years) 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…