Sr. Database Reliability Engineer

SpaceX•Hawthorne, CA

7d•$155,000 - $205,000

About The Position

SpaceX is looking for an experienced Database Reliability Engineer with expert-level technical knowledge and broad hands-on experience in Oracle and PostrgreSQL 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering discipline and 8+ years if 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

Nice To Haves

Expertise in at least two database technologies (i.e. mysql, postgres, oracle, 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, PGhero 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

Responsibilities

Ownership of the health, uptime and performance of all Oracle and PostgreSQL databases
Partner with internal customer to understand current challenges, plan/communicate improvements and anticipate future needs
Develop code for automation of routine tasks by leveraging Python, bash, 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