Sr. Database Reliability Engineer - Distributed Database systems

Job Description

• As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Tenable, you will support a suite of data persistence systems, including Elasticsearch, Kafka, CockroachDB, and cloud services such as Amazon RDS/Aurora • Support these systems in a 24x7x365 on-call rotation shared with other DBREs and SREs • Find ways to automate mundane tasks and focus on building the future • Drive the adoption of robust monitoring tools and practices to gain deep insights into database health and performance • Automate database management tasks wherever possible, freeing yourself to focus on strategic initiatives and building the future of Tenable's data infrastructure • Establish clear service level objectives (SLOs) for datastore technologies and implement strategies to consistently meet or exceed them • Plan and execute seamless database upgrades with minimal disruption to critical business processes • Work closely with development teams to guide them towards building reliable and scalable services that leverage databases effectively • Research and recommend best-in-class database technologies to keep Tenable's data infrastructure at the forefront of innovation • Provide expert guidance to development teams on optimizing database performance, stability, and security for existing and new applications • Contribute to our on-call rotation, collaborating with other DBREs and SREs to troubleshoot and resolve database-related incidents efficiently

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience managing and supporting distributed database systems in a production environment • A strong track record of automating complex database administrative functions and tasks • Solid foundation in data modeling and data structure design principles • Deep expertise in one or more of Distributed Database Technologies (e.g., CockroachDB, DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora) • Experience managing and troubleshooting Elasticsearch and/or Kafka clusters • Experience administering databases running in a cloud-hosted platform (AWS preferred) • Familiarity with dockerizing databases and running them at scale on container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to collaborate effectively with diverse teams

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance • 401(k) retirement savings with company match • employee stock purchase plan • employee referral program • flexible spending accounts • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • education assistance • parental leave • paid time off (PTO) • company-paid holidays • health and wellness events • community programs