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Okta · 2 weeks ago

Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$152K/yr - $228K/yr

4+ years exp

Okta is The World’s Identity Company, providing secure access and authentication solutions. They are seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) to design and optimize the data persistence layer for their mission-critical systems, collaborating with various teams to ensure performance and reliability.

CRMEnterprise SoftwareIdentity ManagementIT InfrastructureManagement Information SystemsSoftwareWeb Development

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and operate highly available PostgreSQL clusters (physical replication, logical replication, sharding/partitioning, failover automation)

Optimize query performance, indexing strategies, schema design, and storage engines

Perform capacity planning, growth forecasting, and workload modeling

Own high-availability strategies including automatic failover, multi-AZ/multi-region setups, and disaster recovery

Develop automation for any and all tasks including but not limited to: provisioning, configuration, backups, failovers, vacuum tuning, and schema management using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes Operators, or custom tooling

Build monitoring, alerting, and self-healing systems for PostgreSQL and MySQL

Lead response during database incidents—performance regressions, replication lag, deadlocks, bloat issues, storage failures, etc

Conduct root-cause analysis and implement permanent fixes

Partner with software engineers to review SQL, optimize schemas, and ensure efficient use of PostgreSQL features

Provide guidance on database-related design patterns, migrations, version upgrades, and best practices

Qualification

PostgreSQLMySQLSQLLinux systemsAutomation with GoMonitoring toolsCloud environmentsNetworking fundamentalsSystems troubleshootingEvent streamingOpen-source contributions