Boomi · 3 hours ago
Software Principal Engineer - DBA
Conshohocken, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expBoomi is a fast-growing company focused on connecting everyone to everything through its intelligent integration and automation platform. The Software Principal Engineer - DBA will lead database administration for Boomi's high-availability Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and resilience while collaborating with various teams to develop new product features.
Cloud ComputingData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Responsibilities
Lead database administration for Boomi's multi-region, high-availability Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL infrastructure supporting millions of integration processes and billions of transactions monthly
Lead design and architectural discussions to strategize, define, and implement highly scalable backend database systems that provide exceptional resilience and contribute to 99.999% (5-9s) uptime
Define database standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization
Manage extremely large and wide variety of databases in production across multiple regions
Optimize database performance for RedSky and Shard databases,perform index optimization, query tuning, and capacity planning to support growing workloads
Monitor and resolve database performance issues during incidents
Maintain Global Database clusters for cross-region replication and disaster recovery
Execute database failovers and rollbacks with zero data loss
Implement and test backup/restore strategies for multi-TB databases
Plan and execute major version upgrades
Design blue-green deployment strategies for zero-downtime migrations
Validate upgrade paths across QA, ProdClone, and Production environments
Develop rollback procedures for critical database changes
Lead database recovery efforts during production outages
Work with Cloud vendors, third party DB experts, and internal teams to resolve complex database issues
Provide expert guidance on database-related incidents
Manage database access controls and privilege management
Implement security best practices for multi-tenant database environments
Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments
Ensure compliance with data protection regulations
Qualification
Required
7+ years production DBA experience with wide variety of databases and technologies
Deep knowledge of AWS Aurora RDS, replication, and failover mechanisms
Strong SQL optimization and performance tuning skills
Experience with 40+ TB databases and high-transaction environments
Proficiency with database monitoring tools (New Relic, CloudWatch, PMM)
Proven track record handling large-scale database incidents
Ability to make critical decisions under pressure during outages
Strong analytical skills for root cause analysis
Solve complex problems at a massive scale
Partner with architects, Platform, SRE, and Engineering teams
Clear communication during incidents and post-mortems
Preferred
Percona Toolkit experience
Experience with database automation and IaC (Terraform)
Knowledge of Kubernetes StatefulSets for database workloads
Prior experience in SaaS/PaaS environments
Experience with MySQL Cluster or Group Replication
Knowledge of AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (New Relic, etc.)
Experience with automated backup and failover solutions
Understanding of database capacity planning and resource optimization
Company
Boomi
Boomi is a software firm that provides cloud integration solutions via a SaaS platform for providers to stay connected with their consumers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$979.9MKey Investors
FirstMark
2022-02-25Debt Financing· $975M
2021-05-02Secondary Market
2021-05-02Acquired
Leadership Team
Michael Morton
Chief Technology Officer
Christopher Port
Chief Operating Officer
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