Xebia

Senior Database Engineer

Xebia

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Romania

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMongoDBPostgresPrometheusPythonTerraform

About the role

  • own the full lifecycle (administration, automation, and troubleshooting) of our critical database systems
  • driving our GitOps and Helm-centric deployment strategy
  • designing, implementing, and maintaining database infrastructure using StatefulSets, Operators, and Helm charts
  • owning the deployment lifecycle for database clusters by managing version control for Helm charts and configuration templates
  • supporting and administering production database systems by proactively instrumenting and monitoring performance, security, and availability within the containerized environment
  • performing zero-downtime upgrades and migrations for major and minor releases
  • developing and maintaining Helm hooks and custom scripts to automate complex stateful operations
  • managing and optimizing performance for backend data stores
  • ensuring data consistency and integrity across pod life cycles
  • developing and maintaining automation tools and scripts (Bash, Python) specifically focused on simplifying Kubernetes management tasks

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience managing large-scale, high-availability database systems (PostgreSQL / MongoDB)
  • experience with Python or Bash automation scripting
  • proven experience with Kubernetes & Helm
  • Nice to have: knowledge of advanced PostgreSQL HA concepts (e.g., streaming replication, Repmgr/Patroni) and/or MongoDB sharding and replication
  • experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • experience in using version control systems, configuration management tools and IaaC such as Terraform, CloudFormation
  • experience using database tools such as pgAdmin, Pgbench, Robo3t, Studio3t, MongoDB Ops Manager and Mongo mirror
  • experience with prometheus, cloudwatch and monitoring tools both within kubernetes and external cloud managed infrastructure
Benefits
  • culture that actively support your growth via Guilds, Labs, and personal development budgets — for both tech and soft skills
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Hard Skills & Tools
database administrationautomationtroubleshootingKubernetesHelmPythonBashPostgreSQLMongoDBversion control