Staff Database Platform Reliability Engineer (MYSQL + Cloud)

Job description

• What We’re Looking For

• Someone who can work from Hyderabad - Work from Office

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced SRE/DBRE to ensure reliability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence of our multi-cloud DBaaS platform across:

• Microsoft Azure
• Amazon Web Services
• Google Cloud Platform

This role combines deep database expertise with SRE principles to build highly available, automated, and resilient database platforms. The DBRE Lead will drive operational standards, automation frameworks, and reliability engineering practices across distributed cloud environments

🔹 What We’re Looking For

• 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: MySQL
• Secondary Database: PostgreSQL, SQLServer
• 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.
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