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Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) - Data Platform
OpenSearch Must-Have | Kafka | Redis | Python Automation | Production Reliability
Level
Senior DBRE (Senior Individual Contributor)
Domain
Distributed Data Infrastructure
Primary Focus
Hands-on reliability and operational ownership for assigned OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Redis services; Python automation and disciplined production execution
Work Expectations
U.S. Eastern Time business hours; on-call participation as required

1. Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior DBRE to improve the reliability, performance, scalability, and automation of mission-critical distributed data platforms. OpenSearch/Elasticsearch is the core must-have technology, complemented by production experience with Kafka, Redis, Linux systems, observability, and Python automation.
This is a hands-on role. The Senior DBRE independently operates assigned clusters and services, troubleshoots production issues,



performs upgrades and lifecycle work, builds practical automation, and contributes to platform design and production-readiness standards.

2. Level Scope and Leadership Expectations
The Senior DBRE is a high-impact hands-on engineer focused on independent execution within an assigned platform scope. Senior engineers solve common and moderately complex production problems, improve automation and runbooks, and contribute to designs and standards while escalating broader architectural decisions appropriately.

Expectation at This Level
Scope of Ownership
Owns assigned clusters, services, maintenance activities, incidents, upgrades, backup/restore, capacity reviews, and operational improvements with limited supervision.
Technical Depth
Diagnoses common and moderately complex issues involving shards, indexing, search, Kafka lag, Redis memory behavior, JVM, Linux, storage, and networking.
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