Database Reliability Engineer

vor 2 Wochen

Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz Thrive IT Systems Vollzeit CHF 68'000 - CHF 120'000 pro Jahr

Database Reliability Engineer


Location:
Zurich, Switzerland


Work Model:
Hybrid (3 days/week on-site)


Rate:
680 – Open to Negotiate


Experience:
12+ years overall (with strong Oracle & PostgreSQL expertise)

About the Role

Are you passionate about cloud transformation and database reliability?

We're looking for an experienced
Database Reliability Engineer (DRE)
to join our Hosting Services team. You'll play a key role in ensuring database performance, scalability, and availability — while driving automation and modernization initiatives in a hybrid cloud environment.

If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and applying SRE principles to database systems, this is the role for you.

What You'll Do

  • Own the
    availability, latency, performance, and scalability
    of database products across on-prem and cloud environments.
  • Apply
    Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
    practices to improve system resiliency and operational efficiency.
  • Automate repetitive (TOIL) tasks
    , enhance monitoring, and reduce mean time to recovery (MTTR).
  • Lead
    capacity planning, performance tuning, and incident response
    for Oracle and PostgreSQL platforms.
  • Engineer operational improvements
    such as predictive monitoring, self-healing, and auto-scaling solutions.
  • Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to ensure seamless database delivery and operation.
  • Drive
    continuous improvement
    through incident reviews, root cause analysis, and proactive reliability measures.
  • Implement
    CI/CD pipelines
    , manage
    infrastructure as code (IaC)
    , and support
    hybrid cloud deployments
    .
  • Participate in on-call rotations, operational support, and agile ceremonies.
  • Share expertise, mentor peers, and contribute to our growing engineering culture.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 12+ years
    of total experience, including
    5+ years in database reliability, operations, or SRE roles
    .
  • Deep expertise in
    Oracle
    and
    PostgreSQL
    administration, performance tuning, HA, DR, and replication.
  • Experience managing databases across
    hybrid or public cloud (Azure preferred)
    environments.
  • Strong background in:
  • Database provisioning and capacity management
  • Backup, disaster recovery, and high availability
  • Observability, alerting, and configuration management tools
  • CI/CD pipelines
    and version control (Git, GitLab preferred)
  • Automation and scripting:
    Python, Golang, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • Familiarity with
    Infrastructure as Code
    tools (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation).
  • Knowledge of
    Azure Automation
    ,
    Azure Functions
    , or equivalent cloud-native tools.
  • Excellent communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
  • Self-driven and proactive mindset with strong ownership of deliverables.

Nice to Have

  • Bachelor's degree in
    Computer Science
    ,
    Engineering
    , or related field.
  • Experience with
    NoSQL databases
    or
    other cloud database services
    .
  • Previous experience in a
    financial services
    or
    highly regulated
    environment.

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