ABOUT THE DATABASE RELIABILITY ENGINEERING TEAM
ABOUT THE CLOUD DATABASE ENGINEER ROLE
What you'll be doing
- Manage and maintain our AWS cloud infrastructure, including RDS PostgreSQL databases.
- Design and implement highly available, scalable, and secure database solutions in AWS.
- Work closely with developers and other stakeholders to optimize database performance and ensure data integrity.
- Develop and implement backup and disaster recovery strategies for our databases.
- Monitor and troubleshoot database issues, and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Automate database administration tasks using scripting and/or configuration management tools.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest cloud and database technologies and provide recommendations for improving our infrastructure.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to provide support for critical database issues
You'll bring the following required skills and experiences
- 2+ years of experience as a cloud DBA, with a focus on AWS and RDS PostgreSQL in a cloud native environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- 1+ years experience in Python programming.
- 1+ years of experience with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, CDK or Pulumi)
- 2+ years of experience on AWS - particularly EC2, S3, IAM, VPC and DMS
- Solid understanding of distributed computing environments
- Experience in helping software engineers write performant queries or debug existing queries and assisting with data modeling design
- Working in a fast-paced environment and also be able to adjust your workflow to fit the task at hand
Nice to haves
- AWS certification, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Database Specialty
- Experience in containerization technologies,such as Docker or Kubernates
- Experience with systems administration in a Linux based environment
- Experience with other database technologies like, AWS DynamoDB, AWS Neptune or Document
- DBExperience with Apache Kafka, including designing and maintaining Kafka clusters and integrating Kafka with other systems
- Experience with other cloud platforms, such as Azure or Google Cloud Platform
We recognize not everyone will have all of these requirements. If you meet most of the criteria above and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you!
About Varo
As the first consumer fintech to be granted a national bank charter in 2020, we make financial inclusion and opportunity for all a reality by empowering everyone with the products, insights, and support they need to get ahead. Through our core product offerings and suite of customer-first features, we aim to address a broad range of consumer needs while profitably serving underserved communities that have been historically excluded from the traditional financial system.
We are growing quickly in our hub locations of San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Charlotte along with colleagues located across the country. We have been recognized among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Forbes’ Fintech 50, and earned the No. 7 spot on Inc. 5000’s list of fastest-growing companies across the country.
Varo. A bank for all of us.
Our Core Values
- Customers First
- Take Ownership
- Respect
- Stay Curious
- Make it Better
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Varo is an equal opportunity employer. Varo embraces diversity and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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