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Principal Database Reliability Engineer

UKG

UKG

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Posted on Apr 12, 2025
Principal Database Administrator / Reliability Engineer (PostgreSQL Server –Primary)

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Database Administrator/Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on cutting-edge SaaS technologies and impactful projects that are used by enterprises and users worldwide. You will drive technical strategy, lead large-scale projects, and mentor engineers across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Exposure on designing PostgresSQL ,MySQL Server Infrastructure Onprem and public Cloud (AWS or GCP or Azure) ensuring high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability.
  • Develop alerting and monitoring solutions using Internal Views, Extensions, and other tools.
  • Implement monitors and alerts using modern observability approaches, including SLI/SLOs and Error Budget.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve performance-related issues for EDB & Community PostgreSQL servers, reporting, ETL, and data warehouse-related issues.
  • Create, develop, and maintain database maintenance solutions, DB setup, and configuration PL/SQL scripts.
  • Implement and maintain EFM, replication solutions, and standby servers.
  • Review problematic code and suggest improvements.
  • Develop team policies, procedures, and techniques.
  • Ensure the health and quality of services and incidents, proactively identifying and addressing issues.
  • Provide technical mentorship and guidance, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for database systems. Continuously review and update existing best practices/SOPs.
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
  • Participate in the on-call rotations and provide critical support for production systems.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

  • Support production and other environments consisting of EDB & Community PostgreSQL, EFM, PGBouncer and Linux.
  • Installation, configuration, maintenance, and administration of PostgreSQL.
  • Disaster Recovery Planning and Implementation (Replication of different types).
  • Strong knowledge of PL/SQL, Stored Procedures, Monitoring tools, and Performance monitoring.
  • Experience in planning and implementing backup policies.
  • Practical experience in managing internal and external database security.
  • Knowledge of hosting/SaaS environments and focusing on systems performance and high availability.
  • Knowledge of server hardware systems and operating systems.
  • Hands-on experience with scripting and automation using Python, Go, and Google Cloud Scripting.
  • Familiarity with various database technologies, including SQL (MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle), NoSQL (Cassandra, Astra), and SaaS DB instances (Cloud SQL, ASTRA).

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 9+ years of professional experience as a PostgreSQL Server DBA or Similar roles
  • Advanced skills with scripting and automation using Python, Go, PowerShell, Google Cloud Scripting and Infrastructure Code (IaC)
  • Proficiency with cloud technologies like Azure, AWS, GCP (Preferable)
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions.
  • Proficiency in building telemetry or observability implementation of SLI’/SLO for database operations meeting high Standards.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • PostgreSQL (or)MySQL Certification is Must and preferable to have other Cloud certifications in AWS, GCP.