Database reliability engineer (m/w)

Switzerland, Geneva, Genève, Other, IT / Technology

Work location:

Switzerland, Geneva, Genève

Sector:

Other

Role:

IT / Technology

Date of last update:

13/10/2026

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• Improve database observability through monitoring, alerting, dashboards and practical troubleshooting tools.
• Contribute to security hardening, vulnerability remediation, access control review, auditability and compliance-related database activities.
• Support data protection practices at database level, including encryption, data minimization,pseudonymization, anonymization, retention and controlled deletion.
• Support database lifecycle activities, including patching, upgrades, configuration reviews, backup and restore validation, capacity planning and decommissioning.

Profil :

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• You have minimun 3 years in lead position, 1 year of experience with infrastructure automation and 2 years of experience running PostgreSQL/Mariadb or SQLServer preferably in a large production environment
• You have 1 year with any object oriented programming language in a software engineering role
• Strong English (written and spoken) is required; French is a plus.

Technology Scope

The role may cover several database and data infrastructure technologies, including:

• SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• MariaDB / MySQL
• MongoDB
• CouchDB
• Redis
• Kafka and related persistence/metadata components
• Database deployments on virtual machines and, where relevant, container platforms such as Kubernetes or OpenShift
• Deep expertise in every technology is not mandatory, but the candidate must be comfortable working across heterogeneous environments and willing to learn unfamiliar database platforms quickly.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong hands-on experience as a DBA, database engineer, platform engineer or database reliability engineer.
• Good understanding of database administration concepts: backup and restore, upgrades, patching, indexing, query performance, replication, high availability, storage management and access control.
• Experience with at least two of the following technologies: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MariaDB/MySQL, MongoDB,CouchDB, Redis or Kafka.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex production issues across application, database, operating system and infrastructure layers.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, ELK or vendor-specific database monitoring solutions.
• Have solid knowledge of SQL
• Strong collaboration skills, especially when working across application, infrastructure, security and database teams
• Have a proactive, go-for-it attitude
• Know your way around Linux and the Unix Shell

Location : Geneva

Starting date : As soon as possible

Activity : 100%

Duration : 6 months renewable

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Type of contract:

Permanent job