✦ Luna Orbit — DevOps & SRE

Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Database Excellence

at GitLab

📍 Remote, Canada; Remote, US Remote Posted March 12, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category DevOps & SRE

This role involves maintaining and automating the PostgreSQL database infrastructure for GitLab, ensuring high performance and reliability at scale. The engineer will focus on automation, system optimization, and cloud integration.

  • Automate operational tasks
  • Optimize database performance
  • Manage cloud infrastructure
  • Collaborate with engineering teams
  • Improve system reliability

Hands-on infrastructure work with PostgreSQL, automation tools like Terraform and Ansible, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP. Focus on monitoring, scaling, and performance tuning.

The ideal candidate is a senior SRE with expertise in database infrastructure, automation, and performance tuning, particularly with PostgreSQL. They have hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS and GCP, and strong skills in infrastructure as code and monitoring tools.

Site Reliability EngineeringDatabase InfrastructureAutomationPerformance Optimization
KubernetesTerraformAnsibleCloud PlatformsMonitoring Tools
TerraformAnsibleKubernetesGCPAWSPrometheusELK Stack
Site Reliability EngineeringDatabase InfrastructurePostgreSQLAutomationPerformance OptimizationTerraformAnsibleKubernetesGCPAWSMonitoring ToolsPrometheusELK Stack
Site Reliability EngineeringDatabase InfrastructurePostgreSQLAutomationPerformance OptimizationSystem ReliabilityInfrastructure as CodeTerraformAnsibleKubernetesCloud PlatformsGCPAWSMonitoring ToolsPrometheusELK Stack
Problem-solvingAutomationCollaborationOperational DisciplinePerformance Improvement
Industry SaaS
Job Function Site reliability engineering for database infrastructure
Site Reliability EngineeringDatabase InfrastructurePostgreSQLAutomationPerformance OptimizationSystem ReliabilityTerraformAnsibleKubernetesGCPAWSMonitoring ToolsPrometheusELK Stack

Lack of experience with PostgreSQL, No automation or SRE background, Unable to work remotely in North America

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