Staff Database Platform Reliability Engineer ( MS SQL + Cloud )

Rackspace · Remote

staff data engineering Database Engineer tech_leadership · Posted Apr 29, 2026

About this role

Rackspace is hiring a staff-level Database Engineer in the data engineering function based in Remote. The posting calls out experience with SQL, AWS, GCP, Azure.

Role
Database Engineer
Function
data engineering
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
Remote
Posted
Apr 29, 2026

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Job description

from Rackspace careers

MS SQL DBA + Cloud
24x7 - HYD - 3 days from office


Role Summary

  • We are seeking an experienced MS SQL DBA to ensure reliability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence of our multi-cloud DBaaS platform across:
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • 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.

 
🔹 Key Skills Required

  • 8–10+ years of experience in DBA / Platform Engineering
  • Strong experience in multi-cloud environments (minimum two: Azure / AWS / GCP)
  • Expertise in high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and performance tuning
  • Strong automation mindset using Terraform, scripting, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience in SaaS / DBaaS environments is preferred

 
🔹 Mandatory Technical Skills
 

  • Database Administration (DBA) Skills
  • Microsoft SQL Server (Primary)
  • PostgreSQL, MySQL (Secondary)
  • Backup & Recovery strategies
  • Performance tuning (query optimization, indexing, troubleshooting)
  • Database security (roles, access control, auditing)
  • Log Analysis: Reading and analysing database and system logs.
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Performing in-depth analysis after major incidents
  • Query Performance: Analyzing slow queries, deadlocks, and resource contention.
  • Cloud & SRE Skills (DBaaS Environment)
  • AWS (RDS, Aurora), Azure (SQL Database, Cosmos DB), GCP (Cloud SQL, Firestore)
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