Senior Cloud Database Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily operations, health, availability, and ongoing enhancement of Toku's production MySQL databases hosted on AWS RDS.

• Take responsibility for production incidents, conduct troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and restore services promptly.

• Recognize repetitive operational tasks, assess where automation can add significant value, and create scalable workflows and tools.

• Enhance the management of database changes, production data corrections, and operational requests.

• Collaborate closely with software engineers to comprehend application behavior, investigate production challenges, and interpret logs.

• Monitor and optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, capacity planning, and proactive performance assessments.

• Manage and continually improve AWS database services, with a focus on Amazon RDS.

• Utilize monitoring platforms to identify trends and troubleshoot production challenges.

• Implement secure database practices, support audit readiness, and enhance operational governance.

• Assist in the continuous improvement of high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.

• Participate in a shared on-call rotation, addressing production incidents outside of regular business hours.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5 to 8 years of hands-on experience managing production databases in AWS cloud environments.

• Strong practical knowledge of Amazon RDS.

• Extensive experience in administering and optimizing MySQL databases in production.

• Experience with cloud-managed database services as opposed to traditional on-premise database systems.

• Practical experience in automating operational tasks using scripting languages such as Python, SQL, or similar.

• Experience supporting business-critical production systems, engaging in incident response, and functioning within an on-call framework.

• Proficient in query optimization, indexing, performance troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.

• Solid understanding of AWS networking fundamentals, including security groups.

• Experience collaborating closely with software engineering teams.

• Proven ability to investigate unfamiliar production issues, learn independently, and develop practical solutions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary

• Opportunities for professional growth

• Flexible working hours