Staff Database Reliability Engineer

Rackspace · Remote

staff data engineering Database Engineer tech_leadership · Posted Apr 20, 2026

About this role

Rackspace is hiring a staff-level Database Engineer in the data engineering function as a remote position. The posting calls out experience with Python, SQL, Bash, AWS.

Role
Database Engineer
Function
data engineering
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
Remote
Work mode
Remote
Posted
Apr 20, 2026

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Job description

from Rackspace careers

🔹 What We’re Looking For

  • Somone who can work from office ( Hyderabad location )

  • 8-10+ years in DBA / Platform Engineering

  • Strong multi-cloud experience (Azure / AWS / GCP – at least two)

  • Deep HA/DR & performance tuning expertise

  • Automation-first mindset (Terraform, scripting, CI/CD)

  • Experience in SaaS/DBaaS environments preferred

For a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in a DBaaS (Database-as-a-Service) support role, the following mandatory skills are typically required:

1. Database Administration (DBA) Skills

  • Primary Database: PostgreSQL

  • Secondary Database: MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server

  • Database Backup & Recovery: Tools and strategies for database backups and disaster recovery.

  • Performance Tuning: Query optimization, indexing strategies, and database performance troubleshooting.

  • Database Security: User management, roles, access control, and auditing.

2. Cloud Infrastructure Knowledge (DBaaS)

  • Cloud Platforms: AWS (RDS, Aurora), Azure (Cosmos DB, SQL Database), GCP (Cloud SQL, Firestore).

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes.

  • Kubernetes & Containers: Running databases in containers (like Kubernetes).

  • Observability Tools: ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

  • Database Migration: Migrating databases across different platforms or cloud environments.

  • Database Scaling: Vertical and horizontal scaling techniques in cloud environments.

3. SRE Principles (Site Reliability Engineering)

  • Incident Management: Handling database outages, incident response, and on-call rotations.

  • Monitoring and Alerting: Tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch.

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