Cloud Database Engineer

Title: Cloud Database Engineer

Location: 18850 N 56th St, Phoenix, AZ 85054 (Hybrid 2-3X per week)

Duration: 12+ months

VISA: USC, GC

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Job Description:

We're seeking a Cloud Database Engineer with deep expertise in YugabyteDB and/or PostgreSQL to join a high-impact Database Engineering team.

This team is responsible for selecting and operationalizing database technologies across the enterprise, both on-prem and in public cloud environments. You'll define, design, implement, test, and communicate architectures, configurations, and best practices for scalable, secure, and highly available database deployments.

You'll evaluate new versions, features, and extensions of YugabyteDB and PostgreSQL for performance, scalability, availability, monitoring, and security. You'll also collaborate with hosting, DBA, and operations teams to harden these technologies for mission-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

Integrate, deploy, and manage YugabyteDB and PostgreSQL in GCP and/or AWS

Evaluate and prepare cloud-native database offerings for enterprise use

Document and present best practices to development, DBA, and support teams

Design and implement HA, replication, backup/restore, and monitoring strategies

Ensure security, fault tolerance, and performance optimization

Required Skills

Strong understanding of ACID, CAP, and consistency models

Experience with YugabyteDB, PostgreSQL, or similar distributed SQL databases

Hands-on experience with Patroni, pgBackRest, or similar HA/backup tools

Infrastructure automation using Terraform, Python, or Ansible

Familiarity with cloud-native database infrastructure (storage, compute, security)

Preferred Experience

Logical replication tools like GoldenGate or pglogical

Unix/Linux command-line proficiency

Scripting for test harnesses or database utilities

Prior DBA or Unix sysadmin experience

Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, VMWare, or OpenShift

Understanding of hyper-converged infrastructure and cloud virtualization