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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Database Reliability Engineer - **Company:** S&K GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC - **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Query Performance, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Databases, Data as a Services, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Migration, Data Systems, Relational Databases, Software Design Documents, Linux, Distributed Data Store, Memory Management, Elasticsearch, Perl (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Network Layer, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Operational Databases, Performance Tuning, Redis, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Ruby, Service Discovery, Scripting, Concurrency, Indexer, Amazon Relational Database Service, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Low Latency, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Vertica, Puppet, Terraform, Stream Processing, Golang, Programming Languages - **Published:** September 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ec4b0961-e0b1-48fb-8c0f-980797596a7f ## About the Role * 5+ years of experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting PostgreSQL in production environments with previous work with cloud infrastructure and managed data services, including PostgreSQL on Kubernetes, Amazon RDS, AWS, Terraform, service discovery, and secrets management. * 5+ years of experience managing production database or distributed data systems across application, database, operating system, storage, and network layers. * 3+ years of experience in Linux systems engineering (performance tuning, memory management, I/O tuning, configuration, security, and networking) and automating infrastructure or database operations with tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. * 2+ years of experience using at least one scripting or programming language such as Python, Bash, Go, Ruby, or Perl for automation and operational tooling. * Experience working in a polyglot production data environment, including at least one non-PostgreSQL system such as Kafka/MSK, ClickHouse, Redis, MySQL, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, or a similar distributed data system., * Experience building database platform tooling, self-service workflows, and paved paths that enable application teams to use data systems safely and efficiently. * Ability to operate MSK/Kafka, ClickHouse, or Redis at scale, covering clu ster operations, replication, partitioning or sharding, retention, capacity planning, and workload tuning. * Previous responsibility for refining reliability practices for production data systems, such as SLOs, disaster recovery plans, backup validation, and failover testing. * Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL internals and operational behavior, including concurrency, transaction consistency, replication, maintenance, backup and recovery, indexing, and query performance. * Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally by producing design documents, leading. ## Description As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you will help make Meraki's database and data systems reliable, scalable, secure, and operable. You will combine database engineering, reliability engineering, and platform automation to support relational databases, streaming systems, analytical stores, and low-latency data services. You will work closely with SRE, application engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to improve the availability and performance of our data systems, reduce operational toil, and guide safe architectural changes as the platform grows. * Plan, administer, maintain, and secure the PostgreSQL infrastructure in collaboration with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to ensure high performance and reliability. * Design, build, and maintain ETL pipelines for PostgreSQL, as well as develop procedures and scripts for data migration. * Perform operational database administration tasks such as installation, upgrades, patching, backup/recovery, monitoring, capacity planning, and architectural changes in cloud environments. * Participate in production operations such as on-call rotation, incident response, monitoring, alerting, * and post-incident review processes. ## Related Videos - [Optimizing Discovery: PostgreSQL's Role in Transforming GetYourGuide's Search](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1647-optimizing-discovery-postgresql-s-role-in-transforming-getyourguide-s-search) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [MySQL Protocol Features You Should Be Aware Of](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100267-mysql-protocol-features-you-should-be-aware-of) - [Coffee with Developers: David Heinemeier Hansson](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/875-coffee-with-developers-david-heinemeier-hansson) - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [Accelerating Authentication Architecture: Taking Passwordless to the Next Level](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/733-accelerating-authentication-architecture-taking-passwordless-to-the-next-level) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [Learning Kubernetes made easy with KubeCampus](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/348-learning-kubernetes-made-easy-with-kubecampus) - [Dev Digest 168: Hacking Postgres, Blocking Meta and Fixing CSS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/588-dev-digest-168-hacking-postgres-blocking-meta-and-fixing-css)