Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

Sydney, NSW
Permanent
Full-time

22 days ago

The CompanyCover Genius is a that protects the global customers of the world's largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and , Intuit, , , , Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We're also , , , Wayfair and SE Asia's largest company, Shopee.Our partners integrate with , our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year. Our team and products have been recognized sed with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times who ranked Cover Genius as the in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commits itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.Our People are Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and InspiredOur People are not Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or CautiousThe RoleAs a Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) on our Technology Team, your primary purpose will be to ensure the seamless and secure functioning of the datastores which support our platform. As a DBRE you will help design solutions for large scale engineering challenges such as how to support multi-regional scaling and data sovereignty requirements.To drive success in this role, you will have a strong background in site reliability engineering and database administration, with experience working with various data storage technologies in a public cloud environment. You should possess excellent problem-solving skills, a keen attention to detail, and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating potential issues.As a specialist you will primarily work alongside the Site Reliability team as well as providing expertise to application and data teams on database architecture and performance optimization. DBREs work to improve the following aspects of Cover Genius databases and datastores:ReliabilityAvailabilityPerformanceDisaster RecoveryAutomationSecurityAlong with SREs, DBREs are responsible for writing and maintaining datastore related technical documentation such as tutorials, guides, runbooks and blameless post-mortems.Key Responsibilities:Assist application teams to select and optimize datastore architectures and technologiesAssist application teams to optimize queries, migrations and perform other datastore performance tuningImplement automation and reduce toil for datastore managementDeployment, upgrade and maintenance of datastoresTroubleshoot database related production incidents (On Call)Develop, test and maintain disaster recovery procedures for datastoresImplement monitoring and alerting using key database metricsDevelop and maintain troubleshooting documentation /runbooksOptimize and control costs of the company's storage infrastructureCreating and refining SLOs for datastoresWhat you will bring:Understanding of SRE Principles and best practicesAt least 5 years experience running major database technologies in production, especially PostgreSQL and MySQL. Experienced running these technologies in cloud environments ideally AWS RDS.Experience operating other NoSQL datastores and cache technologies especially Elasticsearch, Redis, S3, DynamoDB, Bigquery and RabbitMQ.Excellent understanding of SQL and SQL database performance optimizationComfortable scripting & developing internal tooling with Bash or at least one programming language (e.g. python, go)Familiar with internals of PostgreSQLExperience working with infrastructure & configuration as code tools especially TerraformExperience working with LinuxSolid theoretical understanding of underlying data-storage technologies and tradeoffsGood knowledge of AWS and/or GCP platforms and associated best practicesBachelor Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experienceWhat you will have:Strong communication and documentation skillsCurious and self motivated learnerProfessional approachGood team memberOrganisational and time management skillsExcellent attention to detailPositive approach to changeWhy Cover Genius?Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We're a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?

Flexible Work Environment - our teams are hybrid. We work from home on Wednesdays and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times. We also have the added bonus of a Wellness day a month.

Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.

Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.

Social Initiatives - speak a thousand words!

Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat!

Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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