CockroachDB - Database Engineer

Senior CockroachDB Database Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Job Summary STAFFXPERT LLC is seeking a Senior CockroachDB Database Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) on behalf of our client. This role is ideal for an experienced database and reliability engineering professional who excels in managing large-scale distributed database platforms. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, administering, optimizing, and supporting highly available CockroachDB environments while driving automation, observability, performance, and operational excellence across mission-critical systems. Key Responsibilities • Design, deploy, administer, and maintain production-grade CockroachDB clusters in cloud and hybrid environments. • Monitor database health, performance, availability, and resource utilization to ensure reliable operations. • Perform database performance tuning, query optimization, indexing strategies, and capacity planning. • Implement and manage backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions. • Develop automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions to streamline provisioning, upgrades, and operational tasks. • Establish and maintain Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, including SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets. • Lead incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident remediation activities. • Build and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using industry-standard observability tools. • Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to improve platform reliability, scalability, security, and performance. • Support database migrations, production releases, version upgrades, and modernization initiatives. • Participate in on-call support for critical production environments. • Implement database security, access controls, auditing, and compliance best practices. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. • 7+ years of experience in database engineering, administration, or site reliability engineering. • Strong hands-on experience administering and supporting CockroachDB or similar distributed SQL database platforms. • Deep understanding of distributed systems, cluster management, replication, and high-availability architectures. • Proven expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning. • Experience designing and implementing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies. • Strong knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and operational best practices. • Experience with incident management, reliability engineering, and production support. • Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). • Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible. • Strong Linux/Unix administration skills. • Scripting experience using Python, Shell, Go, or similar languages. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks. • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications • Experience supporting large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems. • Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized platforms. • Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK, Splunk, or similar solutions. • Understanding of database security, governance, compliance, and auditing requirements. • CockroachDB certification or equivalent expertise in distributed database technologies. • Experience with PostgreSQL internals and PostgreSQL-compatible ecosystems. • Knowledge of multi-region architectures, distributed consensus mechanisms, and cloud-native platforms. • Experience in FinTech, Retail, E-Commerce, SaaS, or other high-scale environments.