Sr. Database Reliability Engineer

SpaceX is looking for an experienced Database Reliability Engineer with expert-level technical knowledge and broad hands-on experience in OLTP as well as OLAP database technologies. This employee will be in the IT Engineering organization and join a team of database administrators and engineers responsible for all database technologies used throughout SpaceX. The ideal candidate will be flexible, flourish in a fast paced and challenging environment and have an insatiable desire to learn.  They should be a self-starter, self-motivator, and possess ingenuity to excel at this position. This individual will need to demonstrate strong knowledge in Linux, server/storage infrastructure, and troubleshooting skills. 

• →Ownership of the health, uptime and performance of all PostgreSQL/Oracle/MySQL & Clickhouse databases 
• →Partner with internal customers to understand current challenges, plan/communicate improvements and anticipate future needs
• →Develop code for automation of routine tasks by leveraging Python, bash, Ansible or a similar scripting language
• →Engineer, deploy, maintain, and own all aspects of database monitoring
• →Provide comprehensive and fully vetted backup restore solutions
• →Engineer, implement, and routinely test disaster recovery (DR) strategies
• →Identify and optimize abusive queries to increase system efficiency
• →Design and standardize detailed test conditions and test cases to ensure quality of queries and reports
• →Research and troubleshoot data questions and provide support to our software developer teams
• →Collaborate on problem resolution, team decisions, and project planning
• →Develop strong documentation and support runbooks
• →Document actions taken on and all configurations applied to database systems
• →Support and foster the professional growth of other database engineering and administration staff via cross-training, coaching, and responsibility sharing
• →Participate in an on-call rotation
• →Act as a database design, optimization, and maintenance subject matter expert for various teams as they build out and troubleshoot their applications
• →Automate database administration and implementation tasks and provide self-service solutions for customers

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering discipline and 8+ years of experience in IT; OR 10+ years of professional experience with database reliability or DevOps in lieu of a degree 
• 8+ years experience in optimizing SQL queries and data replication
• 8+ years experience in developing monitoring tools and tuning databases

• Expertise in at least two database technologies (i.e. MSSQL , MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, Clickhouse, Apache Iceberg etc.) 
• Strong attention to detail, high degree of accuracy, excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to meet deadlines
• Experience with highly available solutions and clustered environments
• Ability to participate in and contribute to conversations regarding planning, status updates, root cause analysis, and other collaborations
• Knowledge of configuration management automation and limiting the amount of manual toil
• Knowledge of data structure design and modeling
• Understanding of infrastructure such that you can assist in determining where in the infrastructure a problem originates (whether from a database issue or other)
• Good knowledge of development cycle to interface well with developers
• Experience with Oracle RAC, RMAN, Barman and similar backup/troubleshooting technologies
• Experience working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
• Have a working knowledge and provide basic support for MS SQL and Windows Server
• Experience with GIT and Python
• Machine learning experience
• Big Data experience

• Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed 

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.  

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