Site Reliability Engineer II, DBA

• Operate and maintain high-availability database systems, primarily Vitess (distributed MySQL) and Cassandra, using established architecture and runbooks
• Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, and schema design
• Execute documented backup, recovery, and replication procedures and escalate architecture-level changes to senior DBA SREs
• Ensure database security compliance and access control
• Support availability and durability of critical services across production environments
• Monitor service health using SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets, escalating issues when thresholds are at risk
• Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and post-incident reviews
• Follow established ITIL/OSS processes for incident, change, problem, and capacity management
• Develop automation for common operational tasks to reduce manual intervention and toil
• Contribute to monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks such as Prometheus, Grafana, Catchpoint, and ELK, and integrate runbooks with FireHydrant
• Work with CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and infrastructure as code tools including Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins
• Write Bash, Python, or Go scripts to improve system reliability and efficiency
• Partner with engineering, product, and operations teams on resilient system design and operations
• Assist with capacity planning and disaster recovery exercises
• Work with vendors and service providers to troubleshoot service issues and track SLA performance
• Document systems, share learnings, and contribute to a reliability-minded engineering culture
• Contribute to playbooks, runbooks, and operational documentation
• Identify recurring issues and propose long-term improvements
• Promote reliability-focused practices within development and operations teams

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 2–4 years of experience in site reliability, systems engineering, or operations centered around database systems
• Exposure to large-scale, production-grade systems
• Solid Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, incident response, and root cause analysis
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language: Python, Bash, or Go
• Understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices concepts
• Knowledge of incident response and operational best practices
• Hands-on experience with MySQL performance tuning, replication, and disaster recovery
• Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL database management
• Experience with a SaaS, service provider, or distributed systems environment
• Familiarity with ITIL/OSS practices and SLO/SLAs
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and drive projects from problem discovery through resolution

• No specific benefits, perks, or compensation extras are stated in the posting
• Remote work arrangement in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, or Mexico