Position Summary

Harness is looking to bring in a Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) with strong experience in Postgres/MySQL. The DBRE would work alongside SRE teams and be responsible for administering, scaling, and maintaining Postgres/Timescale and MySQL Database systems running in GCP and On-Prem.

Responsibilities

• This is not just a DBA role. We are looking for someone with prior infra experience setting up HA and DR for these Database systems and meeting defined SLAs.
• Work closely with the Engineering team in understanding the application architecture and how it maps to the database schemas, identify the bottlenecks, and plan for scalability.
• The role has an on-call rotation aspect, and the DBRE is expected to be on-call during the Production incident(s) and other Engineering troubleshooting.
• Continually review database changes with Engineering, and work on performance tuning, query, and index optimizations.
• Should be well versed in one scripting language (Shell, Python) and automate the processes involved in database upgrades, patching, and monitoring.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in CSE or related technical discipline.
• 7-10 years of experience managing Postgres and MySQL Databases On-Prem and on the cloud (GCP/AWS).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Thorough and clear documentation is expected in this role. All database changes should be documented thoroughly, including the upgrades, maintenance, and other procedures.