Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Piper Companies is seeking a Database Reliability Engineer to join a rapidly growing technology organization within the cloud and data infrastructure industry. The Database Reliability Engineer will be responsible for designing, operating, automating, and optimizing large-scale PostgreSQL environments while supporting highly available distributed data platforms. This role is ideal for an engineer with deep expertise in PostgreSQL, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and database reliability practices.

Responsibilities of the Database Reliability Engineer:

    • Design, deploy, and support production PostgreSQL environments across cloud-based infrastructure.

    • Manage PostgreSQL on Kubernetes, Amazon RDS, and related managed database services.

    • Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.

    • Monitor and troubleshoot database performance across application, database, storage, operating system, and network layers.

    • Implement backup, recovery, replication, failover, and disaster recovery processes.

    • Collaborate with engineering teams to create self-service database platforms and operational workflows.

    • Support distributed data technologies including Kafka, Redis, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, or similar systems.

    • Lead performance tuning initiatives, capacity planning efforts, and reliability improvements for critical production systems.

    • Participate in operational reviews, incident response activities, and system architecture discussions.

    • Create technical documentation and mentor team members on database and infrastructure best practices.

Requirements of the Database Reliability Engineer:

    • 5+ years of experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting PostgreSQL in production environments.

    • Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL on Kubernetes, Amazon RDS, AWS services, Terraform, service discovery, and secrets management.

    • 5+ years of experience managing production database or distributed data systems.

    • 3+ years of Linux systems engineering experience, including performance tuning, memory management, networking, storage optimization, and security.

    • Experience automating infrastructure and database operations using Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or similar technologies.

    • 2+ years of scripting or programming experience with Python, Bash, Go, Ruby, or Perl.

    • Experience supporting distributed data platforms such as Kafka/MSK, ClickHouse, Redis, MySQL, Cassandra, or Elasticsearch.

    • Strong understanding of PostgreSQL internals including replication, indexing, transaction consistency, concurrency, backup and recovery, and query optimization.

Compensation for the Database Reliability Engineer:

    • Salary range: $140,000 - $160,000

    • Full Comprehensive Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, PTO, Paid Holiday and Sick Leave if Required by Law.

Keywords:

Database Reliability Engineer, PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL Administration, Kubernetes, Amazon RDS, AWS, Terraform, Linux, Infrastructure Automation, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Python, Bash, Go, Distributed Systems, Database Operations, Kafka, MSK, ClickHouse, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Database Performance Tuning, Replication, Disaster Recovery, Backup and Recovery, Query Optimization, High Availability, Capacity Planning, Data Platform Engineering, SRE, Reliability Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Monitoring, Database Architecture, Production Support

This job opens for applications on 11/6/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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