What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cockroach DBA position at Success Tech Solutions Inc?
Company Description
Success Tech Solutions Inc. is a global leader in IT services and innovative talent solutions, providing expertise in IT staffing, consulting, and training across various industries. With a focus on matching the right technical skills, attitude, and aptitude with company culture, Success Tech Solutions is committed to driving excellence. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including Telecom & Media, Healthcare, Retail & Consumer Goods, Transportation & Logistics, Utilities, and Energy. At Success Tech Solutions, innovation and collaboration are at the core of every solution delivered to clients worldwide.
Role Description
This is a contract-based Cockroach Database Administrator (DBA) role. The Cockroach DBA will be responsible for the design, administration, troubleshooting, maintenance, and optimization of CockroachDB systems to ensure high performance, availability, and scalability. Additional responsibilities include managing database replication processes, implementing database security measures, and addressing technical issues. This hybrid role is based in Sunnyvale, CA, with opportunities for partial remote work.
Qualifications
Key Responsibilities open for Austin TX and Sunnyvale CA
Design, deploy, operate, and scale multi-region CockroachDB clusters in production environments
Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and data consistency for globally distributed clusters
Monitor cluster health, latency, replication status, and resource utilization using observability tools
Perform capacity planning and proactive scaling for future growth
Troubleshoot complex database and infrastructure issues including:
Node failures
Network partitions
Leaseholder and range imbalance
Replication lag
Hotspotting
High latency / throughput bottlenecks
Design disaster recovery strategies (multi-region, backup/restore, failover/fallback)
Implement and test backup, restore, and point-in-time recovery processes
Automate provisioning, scaling, patching, and upgrades of CRDB clusters
Perform rolling upgrades with zero or near-zero downtime
Optimize SQL query performance and database schema efficiency
Create operational runbooks, SOPs, and on-call playbooks for CRDB
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for production clusters