# Senior Database Reliability Engineer

**Company:** [ClickUp](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/clickup)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Postgres, Aws Rds, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Ec2, Amazon S3, Linux, SQL, Bash, Python, Database Security, Database Performance Tuning, Database Replication
**Posted:** 2026-05-13

> The Senior Database Reliability Engineer will operate and improve large-scale PostgreSQL environments in AWS, focusing on availability, performance, security, backups, recovery, and incident response. The role requires 7+ years of database administration or engineering experience, strong Linux and SQL skills, and production cloud database expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Administer, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL databases of 250GB or larger in production environments using AWS RDS, Aurora, and EC2.
- Ensure database availability, performance, and data integrity through proactive monitoring and maintenance.
- Perform database administration tasks including patching, upgrades, vacuuming, reindexing, and statistics management.
- Execute and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures, including regular recovery-plan testing.
- Manage user access, roles, and database security according to best practices.
- Perform capacity planning, storage management, and growth forecasting.
- Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, locking and contention issues, and failed jobs.
- Support application teams with query tuning, schema changes, and release deployments.
- Manage database migrations, upgrades, and change requests with minimal downtime.
- Maintain documentation for database configurations, standards, and operational procedures.
- Participate in on-call rotations and support production incidents.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in a senior database administration or database engineering role.
- Strong hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience, including backups, recovery, and performance tuning.
- Solid understanding of database security, access control, and compliance practices.
- Experience managing large-scale production databases of 250GB or larger, including maintenance and lifecycle management.
- Strong Linux administration skills, including processes, disk, memory, and networking.
- Experience with monitoring tools and performance diagnostics.
- Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language, such as Bash or Python.
- Familiarity with cloud-based database deployments, preferably AWS RDS, Aurora, EC2, and S3.
- Strong organizational and documentation skills.

## Nice to Have
- Experience with database auditing, compliance, or governance frameworks.
- Familiarity with ETL processes, data pipelines, or reporting systems.
- Experience with high-availability setups, replication, and failover management.
- Exposure to MySQL, SQL Server, or NoSQL platforms.
- Experience supporting enterprise or highly regulated environments.

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