Data Performance and Reliability Analyst – DBA/DBRE

Kenlo

Senior DBA Engineer at Kenlo focused on maintaining complex databases and ensuring high availability. Collaborating with engineering and infrastructure teams for resilience and optimization.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeRemote • BrasilMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudElasticSearchGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaMongoDBMySQLNoSQLPostgresPrometheusPythonRedisSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and maintain relational and non-relational database environments in high-criticality scenarios.
Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency of database environments.
Perform administration, tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous optimization of databases.
Analyze and optimize queries, indexes, execution plans, locks, deadlocks, and resource consumption.
Implement monitoring, observability, and incident response strategies.
Lead troubleshooting of critical incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and propose structural improvements.
Automate operational and administrative routines using scripts and automation tools.
Work with Infrastructure as Code practices for provisioning and managing environments.
Define and promote best practices for governance, versioning, backup, disaster recovery, and data security.
Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Infrastructure teams to evolve solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience as a DBA or DBRE in high-complexity, large-scale data environments.
Advanced proficiency with relational databases, especially PostgreSQL, MySQL, and/or SQL Server.
Experience with managed cloud databases, preferably on GCP and/or AWS.
Advanced knowledge in tuning, troubleshooting, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery.
Experience with NoSQL databases and search engines such as MongoDB, Redis, and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar.
Experience with automation using Python, Shell Script, or equivalent languages.
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and schema/migration versioning.
Knowledge of security practices, encryption, access control, and data governance.
Ability to operate in critical environments with a strong focus on reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Ongoing training
Autonomy

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Hard Skills & Tools

relational databasesnon-relational databasesPostgreSQLMySQLSQL ServerNoSQL databasesMongoDBRedisElasticsearchPython

Soft Skills

troubleshootingroot cause analysiscollaborationcontinuous improvementoperational efficiencyleadershipcommunicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingattention to detail