Senior Database Reliability Engineer

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About This Role
ClickUp is looking for a Senior Database Administrator to join our Database Operations team. You’ll be responsible for the performance, integrity, security, and availability of our PostgreSQL databases running on Linux in AWS. This role focuses on day-to-day database administration, operational excellence, and ensuring data is consistently reliable and well-managed across environments.

Key Responsibilities

Administer, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL databases (250GB+) in production environments (AWS RDS, Aurora, EC2)

Ensure database availability, performance, and data integrity through proactive monitoring and maintenance

Perform routine database administration tasks including patching, upgrades, vacuuming, reindexing, and statistics management

Execute and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures, including regular testing of recovery plans

Handle user access management, roles, and database security to ensure compliance with best practices

Perform capacity planning, storage management, and growth forecasting

Troubleshoot database issues, including performance bottlenecks, locking/contention, and failed jobs

Support application teams with query tuning, schema changes, and release deployments

Manage database migrations, upgrades, and change requests with minimal downtime

Maintain documentation for database configurations, standards, and operational procedures

Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for production incidents

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in a senior database administrator or Database Engineering role

Strong hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience, including backups, recovery, and performance tuning

Solid understanding of database security, access control, and compliance practices

Experience managing large-scale production databases (250GB+), including maintenance and lifecycle management

Strong Linux administration skills (processes, disk, memory, networking)

Experience with monitoring tools and performance diagnostics

Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, or similar)

Familiarity with cloud-based database deployments, preferably AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3)

Strong organizational and documentation skills

Nice to Have

Experience with database auditing, compliance, or governance frameworks

Familiarity with ETL processes, data pipelines, or reporting systems

Experience with high availability setups, replication, and failover management

Exposure to other database systems (MySQL, SQL Server, or NoSQL platforms)

Experience supporting enterprise or highly regulated environments

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