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McKesson

Senior Database Site Reliability Engineer

McKesson

. Own and continuously improve the reliability, availability, and performance of Azure PostgreSQL platforms across dev, stage, and prod .

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeColumbus • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $132,400 - $220,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AzureCloudPostgresTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own and continuously improve the reliability, availability, and performance of Azure PostgreSQL platforms across dev, stage, and prod
  • Design, build, and operate cloud database infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Apply SRE principles to stateful systems, including environment isolation, blast‑radius reduction, and automation-first operations
  • Define and implement database observability (metrics, logs, dashboards, alerts) using enterprise monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog)
  • Lead incident response for database-related production issues and participate in on‑call rotations
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across performance, replication, connectivity, failover, and permissions
  • Define and validate high availability, backup, restore, disaster recovery, and point‑in‑time recovery (PITR) strategies
  • Enforce least‑privilege access, support audits, and ensure compliance with security and governance requirements
  • Collaborate with platform, application, security, and network teams to design scalable, secure database architectures
  • Provide senior technical leadership, set reliability standards, and mentor less‑experienced engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant experience considered in lieu of degree
  • Typically 7+ years of relevant experience in SRE, platform, or infrastructure engineering roles
  • 7+ years hands-on experience operating PostgreSQL databases in cloud environments (Azure strongly preferred)
  • Strong production experience (7+ years) supporting high-availability, business-critical database platforms
  • Deep expertise with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
  • Experience owning or participating in on-call rotations and incident response
  • Strong understanding of database operations, including performance tuning, replication, backup/restore, and recovery
  • Experience designing and operating database observability and monitoring solutions
  • Solid knowledge of cloud security principles, including least-privilege access and audit readiness
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Annual bonus opportunities
  • Long-term incentive opportunities
  • On-site culinary team
  • Flexible hours
  • Paid benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools
Azure PostgreSQLInfrastructure as CodeTerraformdatabase observabilityperformance tuningreplicationbackup/restoredisaster recoverypoint-in-time recoverySRE principles
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentoringcommunicationincident responsecollaboration