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Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

at Okta

📍 Washington, DC Hybrid Posted March 09, 2026
Type Not Specified
Experience mid
Exp. Years 4+ years
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

This role involves designing, operating, and optimizing large-scale PostgreSQL and MySQL database systems, ensuring high availability, performance, and automation.

  • Design and operate PostgreSQL clusters
  • Optimize query performance
  • Implement high-availability strategies
  • Develop automation tools
  • Lead incident response

Focuses on database architecture, high-availability, replication, automation, and performance tuning within SaaS environments, leveraging tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes.

The ideal candidate is a mid-senior Database Reliability Engineer with 4+ years of experience in PostgreSQL and MySQL, skilled in designing resilient, high-availability database systems, automation, and incident response.

PostgreSQLMySQLHigh-AvailabilityReplicationPerformance TuningAutomationIncident Response
TerraformAnsibleKubernetes OperatorsMonitoringAlertingSelf-Healing Systems
TerraformAnsibleKubernetesPostgreSQLMySQL
PostgreSQLMySQLDatabase Reliability EngineeringHigh-AvailabilityReplicationShardingFailover AutomationQuery OptimizationSchema DesignPerformance TuningCapacity PlanningDisaster RecoveryTerraformAnsibleKubernetes OperatorsMonitoringAlertingSelf-Healing Systems
PostgreSQLMySQLDatabase Reliability EngineeringHigh-AvailabilityReplicationShardingFailover AutomationQuery OptimizationSchema DesignPerformance TuningCapacity PlanningDisaster RecoveryTerraformAnsibleKubernetes OperatorsMonitoringAlertingSelf-Healing Systems
problem-solvingcollaborationincident responseRoot Cause AnalysisAutomation
Industry SaaS
Job Function Designing and maintaining resilient, high-performance database systems
PostgreSQLMySQLDatabase Reliability EngineerHigh-AvailabilityReplicationShardingFailover automationQuery performanceSchema designPerformance tuningCapacity planningDisaster recoveryTerraformAnsibleKubernetes OperatorsMonitoringAlertingSelf-healing systems

Less than 4 years PostgreSQL experience, Lack of MySQL expertise, No experience with high-availability or automation

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