Location: Sunnyvale, CA / Austin, TX
Work Arrangement: Hybrid / Onsite
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Experience Required: 6–8 Years
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced CockroachDB DBA to design, deploy, operate, and scale distributed CockroachDB clusters in production environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in multi-region database management, high availability, disaster recovery, performance optimization, and automation.
Primary Skills
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CockroachDB (CRDB) Administration
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Multi-Region Cluster Management
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Distributed Database Architecture
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High Availability and Fault Tolerance
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Database Performance Tuning
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Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery
Secondary Skills
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SQL Query Optimization
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Database Schema Optimization
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Cluster Monitoring and Observability
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Capacity Planning and Resource Scaling
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Infrastructure Automation
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Rolling Upgrades and Patching
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Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
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Replication Monitoring and Troubleshooting
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Network Partition and Node Failure Resolution
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Leaseholder and Range Rebalancing
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Incident Management and Root Cause Analysis
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Operational Runbooks and Standard Operating Procedures
Key Responsibilities
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Design, deploy, operate, and scale multi-region CockroachDB clusters in production environments.
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Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and data consistency across globally distributed clusters.
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Monitor cluster health, latency, replication status, and resource utilization using observability tools.
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Perform capacity planning and proactively scale database infrastructure to support future growth.
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Troubleshoot node failures, network partitions, leaseholder and range imbalance, replication lag, hotspotting, and performance bottlenecks.
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Design and implement disaster recovery strategies, including multi-region failover and fallback.
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Implement and test backup, restore, and point-in-time recovery procedures.
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Automate cluster provisioning, scaling, patching, and upgrades.
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Perform rolling upgrades with zero or minimal downtime.
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Optimize SQL queries and database schemas to improve performance and efficiency.
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Create operational runbooks, standard operating procedures, and on-call playbooks.
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Participate in on-call rotations, production incident response, and root cause analysis.
Required Qualifications
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6–8 years of relevant database administration or database engineering experience.
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Strong hands-on experience with CockroachDB.
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Experience managing distributed databases and multi-region production clusters.
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Knowledge of high availability, replication, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
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Experience with database monitoring, performance troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
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Ability to automate database operations and manage production upgrades.
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Strong problem-solving and incident management skills.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by applicable law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may request assistance.
Employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of job-related pre-employment screening, which may include background and reference checks and, where permitted by applicable law and applicable to the position, drug testing. All such screening will be conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
