Site Reliability Engineer

SRE / Database Engineer Java, PostgreSQL, AWS & Kubernetes

Location: Bangalore
Experience: 3–6 years
Employment: Full-time
Role: SRE / Production Support / Database Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for a hands-on SRE / Production Support Engineer with strong Java/Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AWS and Kubernetes/EKS experience.

The ideal candidate should have experience supporting Java/Spring Boot microservices in production, troubleshooting application and database issues, and working with cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes.

This is not a pure Java Developer or pure DBA role. Candidates should have hands-on production support/SRE experience across application, database and cloud layers.

Must-Have Skills

• 3–6 years of experience in SRE, Production Support, Application Support or similar production engineering roles

• Hands-on Java and Spring Boot experience

• Experience supporting Java Microservices in production

• Strong hands-on PostgreSQL experience

• Experience with PostgreSQL:

• SQL queries

• Indexes

• Query performance

• Execution plans

• Locks/blocking

• Database connections/connection pools

• Performance troubleshooting

• Basic to good PostgreSQL DBA experience

• Hands-on AWS experience

• Hands-on Kubernetes, preferably AWS EKS

• Production incident management and RCA

• Experience troubleshooting application, database and infrastructure issues

• Good Linux and SQL knowledge

• Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as CloudWatch, Splunk, Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace or similar

Key Responsibilities

• Support and monitor Java/Spring Boot microservices in production
• Troubleshoot application performance, availability and production incidents
• Investigate issues across Java application microservices database Kubernetes AWS
• Troubleshoot PostgreSQL queries, indexes, locks, connections and performance issues
• Monitor and troubleshoot Kubernetes/EKS workloads, pods, deployments and services
• Analyze application and infrastructure logs and metrics
• Handle production incidents within defined SLAs
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive actions
• Support production releases and post-deployment validation
• Work with Development, DBA, DevOps and Infrastructure teams to resolve complex issues
• Monitor system health and identify potential performance/reliability problems
• Maintain troubleshooting documentation and operational runbooks

Required Production Experience

Candidates should be able to explain at least one real production incident involving:

• Java/Spring Boot microservices
• PostgreSQL/database issue
• Kubernetes/EKS issue
• AWS infrastructure or application performance

Important – Please Apply Only If You Have hands-on experience in most/all of the following:

Java + Spring Boot + Microservices + PostgreSQL + AWS + Kubernetes/EKS + Production Support/SRE

Candidates with only Java development, only DBA, or only DevOps experience without Java microservices and PostgreSQL production troubleshooting experience may not be suitable for this role.

Preferred

• AWS EKS
• PostgreSQL DBA
• Kafka/MSK
• Splunk
• Grafana
• CloudWatch
• Datadog/Dynatrace
• Prometheus
• ServiceNow
• CI/CD
• Linux

Interested candidates should highlight their hands-on experience with Java/Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AWS and Kubernetes/EKS in their resume.