Senior Database Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Database Engineer to support and improve critical database platforms that power large-scale applications in Utah. This contract-to-permanent position is ideal for a hands-on, detail-oriented candidate who can strengthen reliability, performance, and security across cloud-based and distributed database environments. You will work closely with engineering and infrastructure teams to keep production systems stable, scalable, and well-governed while helping guide operational best practices.

Responsibilities:
• Oversee daily administration of production database platforms such as Couchbase, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Cosmos DB, and Snowflake to ensure strong availability and performance.
• Manage clustered database environments, including replication health, configuration tuning, patching, version upgrades, and issue resolution across cloud and hybrid infrastructure.
• Improve database efficiency by analyzing execution behavior, refining indexing approaches, and tuning queries for high-volume workloads.
• Develop and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster preparedness processes, including retention planning, restore validation, and cross-region resilience testing.
• Take the lead during database-related incidents by troubleshooting service disruptions, identifying root causes, and driving timely restoration of critical systems.
• Build and enhance monitoring and alerting solutions using platforms such as Datadog, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and native database tools.
• Automate recurring operational tasks with scripting and infrastructure tooling to increase consistency, reduce manual effort, and support scalable administration.
• Drive database upgrade and migration efforts with careful planning to minimize downtime and maintain service continuity.
• Create and maintain operational documentation, including runbooks, standard procedures, and technical decision records to support ongoing database operations.
• Partner with security and compliance stakeholders to enforce access controls, encryption, credential management, and data protection standards across database environments.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience administering production databases in large-scale, business-critical environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise with AWS database technologies, including DynamoDB, DocumentDB, PostgreSQL-compatible services, and related backup capabilities.
• Proven experience managing Couchbase clusters, including replication, monitoring, troubleshooting, and query support.
• Working knowledge of Azure database services, particularly Cosmos DB and Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
• Solid understanding of database architecture, indexing methods, query tuning, and performance optimization principles.
• Experience designing and validating backup, restore, high-availability, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation and operational support.
• Availability to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation supporting mission-critical database systems.

Compensation

$63.00-$72.00 Hourly

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