Staff Database Reliability EngineerRackspace Technology • New York, New York, United States
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Staff Database Reliability Engineer
Rackspace Technology
- New York, New York, United States
- New York, New York, United States
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Somone who can work from office ( Hyderabad location )
8-10+ years in DBA / Platform Engineering
Strong multi-cloud experience (Azure / AWS / GCP – at least two)
Deep HA/DR & performance tuning expertise
Automation-first mindset (Terraform, scripting, CI/CD)
Experience in SaaS/DBaaS environments preferred
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in DBaaS Support Role For a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in a DBaaS (Database-as-a-Service) support role, the following mandatory skills are typically required:
1. Database Administration (DBA) Skills
Primary Database: PostgreSQL
Secondary Database: MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server
Database Backup & Recovery: Tools and strategies for database backups and disaster recovery.
Performance Tuning: Query optimization, indexing strategies, and database performance troubleshooting.
Database Security: User management, roles, access control, and auditing.
2. Cloud Infrastructure Knowledge (DBaaS)
Cloud Platforms: AWS (RDS, Aurora), Azure (Cosmos DB, SQL Database), GCP (Cloud SQL, Firestore).
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes.
Kubernetes & Containers: Running databases in containers (like Kubernetes).
Observability Tools: ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
Database Migration: Migrating databases across different platforms or cloud environments.
Database Scaling: Vertical and horizontal scaling techniques in cloud environments.
3. SRE Principles
Incident Management: Handling database outages, incident response, and on-call rotations.
Monitoring and Alerting: Tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch.
Service Level Objectives (SLOs) / Service Level Agreements (SLAs): Ensuring uptime and performance targets.
Disaster Recovery Planning: Ensuring high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.
4. Scripting and Automation
Scripting Languages: Python, Shell scripting, Bash, PowerShell.
Automation Tools: Ansible, Puppet, Chef.
Infrastructure Automation: Automating database deployment, patching, and scaling.
5. Networking and Infrastructure
Networking Basics: TCP/IP, DNS, Firewall, Load Balancers.
Database Connectivity: Connection pooling, failover strategies, and multi-region deployment.
Storage and Disk Management: Understanding IOPS, latency, and throughput.
6. OS Skills Expertise in Linux OS (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS)
Understanding of file systems (ext4, XFS, etc.), permissions, and ownership (chmod, chown, ACLs).
Knowledge of process monitoring, management, and troubleshooting (ps, top, htop, kill, pkill, etc.).
Proficiency with tools like top, htop, vmstat, iostat, sar, dstat to monitor CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network usage.
Ability to analyze system logs (/var/log/, journalctl, dmesg) for troubleshooting.
Understanding of resource limits (CPU, memory, disk, network) and how they impact database performance.
Knowledge of partitioning tools (fdisk, parted) and file system management (mkfs, mount, umount).
Understanding of RAID configurations and Logical Volume Management (LVM) for storage scalability.
7. Troubleshooting and Debugging
Log Analysis: Reading and analysing database and system logs.
Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Performing in-depth analysis after major incidents
Query Performance: Analysing slow queries, deadlocks, and resource contention.
8. Soft Skills
Communication Skills: Clear communication with stakeholders and engineering teams.
Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot complex database issues under pressure.
Collaboration: Working closely with DevOps, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams.
We are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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