Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Credit Acceptance

Senior Database Reliability Engineer ensuring the availability and reliability of enterprise database systems at Credit Acceptance. Focusing on automation, performance, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeMissouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $104,081 - $152,652 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in database engineering with a focus on performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and automation to enhance database reliability and efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Database EngineeringSQL Performance TuningInfrastructure as Code (IaC)AWS RDS / Aurora PostgreSQLObservability Tools

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Hard Skills

SQLPerformance TuningHigh Availability (HA)Backup and RecoveryPythonShell ScriptingREST APIsData LakeDistributed SystemsMicroservices

Tools & Technologies

TerraformAnsibleDatadogGrafanaPrometheusOpenTelemetryAWS DMSJenkinsGitHub ActionsCyberArk

Industry Keywords

Database SystemsService Level Indicators (SLIs)Service Level Objectives (SLOs)Disaster Recovery (DR)AutomationData ReplicationData MigrationEvent-Driven AutomationSelf-Service Database CapabilitiesPlatform APIs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSDistributed SystemsGrafanaJenkinsLinuxMicroservicesPostgresPrometheusPythonShell ScriptingSQLTerraformUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensure the availability, reliability, performance, and security of enterprise database systems supporting Credit Acceptance applications
Reduce operational toil through automation
Partner with application, infrastructure, and data teams to build and operate modern database platforms
Support data replication and migration initiatives
Drive continuous improvements in reliability and efficiency
Design and implement automated database provisioning and configuration management
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
Build self-service database capabilities and platform APIs
Implement event-driven automation and auto-remediation workflows
Define and manage Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
Design and maintain high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) architectures
Monitor and optimize database performance, query efficiency, and throughput

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
7+ years in database engineering / DBA / DBRE roles
Strong experience in SQL, performance tuning, HA, backup, and recovery
Preferred AWS RDS / Aurora PostgreSQL experience
AWS DMS / CDC / replication experience
Observability tools (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)
DevOps tools (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
Python / shell scripting / REST APIs
JIT / PAM (CyberArk) experience
Data lake / warehouse / lakehouse exposure
Distributed systems / microservices experience
Linux/Unix expertise

Benefits

Comp & perks

Excellent benefits package that includes 401(K) match
Adoption assistance
Parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Comprehensive medical/dental/vision
Many nonstandard benefits that make us a Great Place to Work