CockroachDB DBA

CockroachDB DBA

Job Summary

We are hiring an experienced CockroachDB Database Administrator (DBA) with strong hands-on experience in managing and supporting CockroachDB (CRDB) production environments.

The candidate will be responsible for database administration, cluster management, performance optimization, backup/recovery, replication, high availability, monitoring, and database security.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and maintain CockroachDB/CRDB clusters.
• Manage database nodes, clusters, replicas, and configurations.
• Perform database performance tuning and optimization.
• Monitor database health, performance, capacity, and availability.
• Manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery.
• Configure and troubleshoot replication and high availability.
• Support multi-node and multi-region CockroachDB environments.
• Perform database upgrades, patching, and maintenance.
• Troubleshoot database, query, connectivity, and cluster issues.
• Implement database security, including RBAC, authentication, authorization, and TLS/SSL.
• Work with DevOps, SRE, application, and infrastructure teams.
• Participate in production support, incident management, and root-cause analysis.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with CockroachDB / CRDB.
• Experience as a CockroachDB DBA / Database Engineer / DBRE.
• Strong knowledge of Distributed SQL / Distributed Databases.
• Experience in cluster administration and management.
• Strong knowledge of performance tuning.
• Experience with backup & recovery / disaster recovery.
• Good understanding of replication and high availability.
• Experience with database monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Strong SQL and Linux/Unix skills.
• Knowledge of database security and access management.

Good to Have

• Kubernetes
• AWS / Azure / GCP
• PostgreSQL
• Prometheus / Grafana
• Terraform
• Multi-region database deployments
• DevOps / SRE experience