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Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

at Okta

📍 Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York Hybrid Posted March 09, 2026
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 4+ years
Education Not specified
Category DevOps & SRE

This role involves designing, operating, and optimizing large-scale PostgreSQL and MySQL databases to ensure high reliability and performance.

  • Design and operate PostgreSQL clusters
  • Optimize database performance
  • Implement automation for failover
  • Conduct root-cause analysis
  • Collaborate with engineering teams

The candidate will work with PostgreSQL, MySQL, automation tools like Terraform and Ansible, and container orchestration with Kubernetes in a cloud environment.

The ideal candidate is a mid-senior Database Reliability Engineer with at least 4 years of experience in PostgreSQL and MySQL, focusing on high availability, automation, and performance optimization in large-scale distributed systems.

4+ years PostgreSQL experienceMySQL experienceHigh-volume distributed systemsPerformance tuningAutomation
KubernetesTerraformAnsibleDisaster recoveryMulti-region setups
TerraformAnsibleKubernetesMonitoring tools
PostgreSQLMySQLHigh availabilityReplicationShardingFailover automationQuery performance tuningSchema designCapacity planningAutomationTerraformAnsibleKubernetesMonitoring
PostgreSQLMySQLDatabase reliability engineeringHigh availabilityReplicationShardingFailover automationQuery performance tuningSchema designCapacity planningAutomationTerraformAnsibleKubernetesMonitoringAlertingSelf-healing systems
Problem-solvingCollaborationTechnical leadershipAttention to detailIncident response
Industry SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, Identity & Security
Job Function Maintain and optimize large-scale database systems for reliability and performance
PostgreSQLMySQLDatabase Reliability EngineerHigh availabilityReplicationShardingFailover automationQuery performance tuningSchema designCapacity planningAutomationTerraformAnsibleKubernetesMonitoringAlertingSelf-healing systems

Less than 4 years PostgreSQL experience, No experience with MySQL, Lack of experience in high-volume environments

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