SENIOR Ingénieur(e) DEVOPS (DBRE) - H/F (IT) / Freelance

Job summary

This senior Database Reliability Engineering role develops and operates secure, resilient, cost-effective database services across more than 2,500 instances on Aiven, MongoDB Atlas, and Google Cloud Platform. The work includes building Python tools and APIs, automating provisioning with Terraform, securing cloud integrations, optimizing costs, improving disaster recovery, and advising teams on database architecture, performance, and advanced support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Valkey, and OpenSearch.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Confirmed Terraform skills in production environments.
• Confirmed GCP skills, ideally with managed database services.
• Confirmed Python skills, including object-oriented tool and API development.
• Confirmed database administration, tuning, and advanced support experience.
• Advanced cloud infrastructure architecture skills.
• Confirmed hybrid cloud and GitOps experience.
• Basic Aiven knowledge is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain internal Python tools and APIs.
• Build self-service automation for database restoration, migrations, connectors, and provisioning.
• Automate database infrastructure deployment and management with Terraform.
• Configure and secure cloud integrations, including VPC peering and Vault.
• Implement automated cost optimization strategies.
• Improve resilience, reduce MTTR, and support disaster recovery planning.
• Advise teams on database engine selection and architecture.
• Audit database performance, tune SQL, and provide advanced support.
• Maintain the standard database technology catalog.
• Support adoption of emerging technologies such as vector database capabilities.

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