Cloud Database Engineer

Position Highlights

he Cloud Database Engineer will be responsible for supporting, maintaining, and optimizing customer database deployments across multi-tenant cloud platforms. The engineer will work across Linux-based database systems—primarily MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and CockroachDB—delivered through both Kubernetes and IaaS architectures. This role forms part of the Cloud Team delivering Managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS).

Main responsibilities:

Database Platform Management
•Support, maintain, and optimise Linux-based database systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CockroachDB).
•Perform deployments, upgrades, patching, and configuration management across customer environments.
•Troubleshoot and resolve database performance issues, including query optimisation, index tuning, connection issues, and replication problems.
•Assist in developing automation for database provisioning and maintenance.
Cloud Engineering & Deployment
•Deploy and manage database workloads on Kubernetes (Operators, StatefulSets, Helm, Operators, CRDs).
•Deploy and support databases on IaaS environments (compute, storage, networking).
•Work with AWS or Azure cloud services for DB deployments, storage design, IAM, networking, and HA/resilience architecture.
•Ensure best-practice cloud resource utilisation, cost optimisation, and scalable deployments.
DBaaS Operations
•Support the operation of a Managed Database-as-a-Service platform.
•Monitor databases using modern APM and observability tools (Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, ELK, etc.).
•Implement alerting, capacity management, and proactive performance monitoring.
•Work closely with the DBA team for escalations, tuning activities, and advanced troubleshooting.

Main requirements:

•Strong Linux systems administration (CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu) - at least 4 years of professional experience
•Hands-on experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and/or CockroachDB.
•Strong understanding of database replication, clustering, sharding, backup/restore, and HA patterns.
•Kubernetes experience (Operators, Helm, StatefulSets, persistent storage design).
•IaaS experience deploying databases on AWS or Azure.
•Knowledge of CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, GitOps).
Cloud IaaS (AWS/Azure database deployments)
•DevOps & IaC (CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, GitOps)
•Performance & Troubleshooting (DB, networking, storage)
•Monitoring & Observability Tools
•Messaging/Streaming Systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NiFi)
•Strong troubleshooting skills for database performance, networking, and storage issues.
•Familiarity with messaging and streaming systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, NiFi).
•Experience with monitoring/observability platforms
•Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.