Database SRE

We are seeking an experienced database SRE or DBA (database administration) for SQL Server or Sybase to support and operate mission-critical database platforms within a fast-paced enterprise environment. This role is focused on operational excellence reliability resiliency automation and continuous improvement across multiple database technologies.
This is not a development role. We are looking for hands-on database professionals who thrive in production operations take ownership of issues understand urgency and are passionate about improving systems processes and themselves.
The ideal candidate views reliability as a product proactively identifies risks before they become incidents and continuously seeks opportunities to automate repetitive tasks and improve platform stability.

Roles and Responsibilities:
Database Operations & Reliability
Install configure upgrade patch and maintain enterprise database platforms.
Ensure availability performance recoverability and security of production database environments.
Monitor database platforms and associated infrastructure responding rapidly to incidents and service degradations.
Lead troubleshooting efforts for database operating system storage replication and application connectivity issues.
Execute failovers disaster recovery testing and recovery procedures.
Partner with application teams to provide database guidance and operational support.
Platform Engineering
Deploy maintain and optimize database infrastructure across physical virtual and cloud environments.
Implement scalable resilient database solutions.
Evaluate and recommend improvements to architecture monitoring automation and operational processes.
Support capacity planning performance tuning and platform lifecycle management.

Required Skills:
Experience as a Database SRE or DBA (database administration).
Experience with either Sybase or SQL Server.
Strong Linux Administration experience.
Experience supporting databases in a Linux environment.
Production database support experience.
Experience working in large fast-paced enterprise environments.
Experience with installation configuration upgrades and patching.
Experience with performance tuning.
Experience with backup and recovery.
Experience with high availability and disaster recovery.
Experience monitoring database platforms and associated infrastructure.
Experience troubleshooting database operating system storage replication and application connectivity issues.
Experience executing failovers disaster recovery testing and recovery procedures.
Ability to support availability performance recoverability and security of production database environments.

Preferred Skills:
Database SRE experience.
Experience with database infrastructure across physical virtual and cloud environments.
Experience implementing scalable resilient database solutions.
Experience evaluating and improving architecture monitoring automation and operational processes.
Experience with capacity planning and platform lifecycle management.
Experience automating repetitive tasks and improving platform stability.
Experience partnering with application teams to provide database guidance and operational support.