What are the responsibilities and job description for the Database Site Reliability Engineer position at SOHO Square Solutions?
Job Title: Database Site Reliability Engineer (Database Operations)
Location: Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months
Interview Type: In-Person
NOTE: 4 - 10 hour days (Sunday-Wednesday 7am-5pm)
Job Description:
Database Site Reliability Engineer (Database Operations)
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Database Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support and operate mission-critical database platforms within a fast-paced enterprise environment. This role is focused on operational excellence, reliability, resiliency, automation, and continuous improvement across multiple database technologies.
This is not a development role. We are looking for hands-on database professionals who thrive in production operations, take ownership of issues, understand urgency, and are passionate about improving systems, processes, and themselves.
The ideal candidate views reliability as a product, proactively identifies risks before they become incidents, and continuously seeks opportunities to automate repetitive tasks and improve platform stability.
Key Responsibilities
Database Operations & Reliability
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Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain enterprise database platforms.
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Ensure availability, performance, recoverability, and security of production database environments.
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Monitor database platforms and associated infrastructure, responding rapidly to incidents and service degradations.
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Lead troubleshooting efforts for database, operating system, storage, replication, and application connectivity issues.
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Execute failovers, disaster recovery testing, and recovery procedures.
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Partner with application teams to provide database guidance and operational support.
Platform Engineering
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Deploy, maintain, and optimize database infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
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Implement scalable, resilient database solutions.
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Evaluate and recommend improvements to architecture, monitoring, automation, and operational processes.
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Support capacity planning, performance tuning, and platform lifecycle management.
Automation & Continuous Improvement
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Develop and maintain automation solutions using Python, Shell, Ansible, or similar technologies.
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Help eliminate manual operational activities through engineering and automation.
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Improve monitoring, alerting, reporting, and operational workflows.
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Drive incremental improvements that reduce risk, improve reliability, and increase operational efficiency.
Performance & Incident Management
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Analyze and resolve database performance issues.
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Troubleshoot replication, backup/recovery, storage, network, and infrastructure-related incidents.
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Participate in root cause analysis and drive permanent corrective actions.
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Review operational metrics and trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
Operational Excellence
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Maintain accurate operational documentation, standards, and procedures.
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Generate and present operational metrics, service health indicators, and reliability reporting.
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Participate in incident response activities.
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Demonstrate strong ownership from issue identification through resolution.
Required Qualifications
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Strong experience administering enterprise database platforms, including:
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Sybase ASE
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Oracle RAC
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Additional database technologies such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar platforms are a plus.
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Experience performing:
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Installation
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Configuration
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Upgrades
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Patching
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Performance tuning
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Backup and recovery
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High availability and disaster recovery
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Experience with database replication technologies including:
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SAP Replication Server
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Data Guard
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HVR (preferred)
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Strong Linux administration skills.
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Experience with automation and scripting:
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Python
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Ansible
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Shell scripting
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Understanding of storage, networking, operating systems, and infrastructure services.
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Experience with Veritas Cluster Server, ASM, LVM, and SAN technologies.
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Familiarity with enterprise operational tooling such as Jira, Service Now and Confluence.
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Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
What Success Looks Like
The successful candidate:
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Takes ownership and drives issues to closure.
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Understands the urgency required to support critical production environments.
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Continuously improves systems, processes, and operational effectiveness.
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Learns quickly and adapts to new technologies.
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Balances operational stability with engineering innovation.
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Communicates clearly and effectively during incidents and high-pressure situations.
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Demonstrates a strong sense of accountability and professionalism.
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Leaves the platform better than they found it every day.
Preferred Mindset
We hire for attitude as much as technical skill.
We're looking for individuals who are:
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Customer obsessed
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Accountable and dependable
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Urgent without being reckless
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Continuously learning
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Driven to automate repetitive work
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Detail-oriented
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Collaborative but willing to lead
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Focused on long-term platform reliability rather than short-term fixes