SS&C

Financial Services, Healthcare Technology

SeniorDatabaseReliabilityEngineer

£105–155k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom; Bristol, United Kingdom; Warrington, United Kingdom; Lichfield, United Kingdom; Surbiton, United Kingdom; Stirling, United Kingdom; Essex, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Database Reliability Engineer at SS&C. Skills: Database Reliability Engineering, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Docker. Deploy production environments. Configure production environments”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services, Healthcare Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving; Analytical skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years MongoDB experience, 5+ years PostgreSQL experience, Experience with Cloud-based database services, Experience with data platform in AI, Experience with Kubernetes, Experience with Docker, Advanced skills in infrastructure coding, Advanced skills in automation, Experience with performance tuning, Experience with database optimization, Experience with database scalability, Understanding of database observability, Understanding of database security, Understanding of database backups, Understanding of disaster recovery strategies, Excellent leadership skills, Excellent problem-solving skills, Excellent analytical skills, Ability to work in collaborative environment, Ability to influence cross-functional teams

Nice to Have

Proficiency in ClickHouse, Proficiency in StarRocks, Familiarity with ArgoCD, Familiarity with Jenkins, Understanding of distributed database architecture

What You'll Do.

Deploy production environments

Configure production environments

Maintain production environments

Monitor production environments

Deploy lower environments

Configure lower environments

Maintain lower environments

Monitor lower environments

Ensure environments are performant

Implement database performance best practices

Implement database security best practices

Implement database backup best practices

Implement disaster recovery best practices

Implement secure data removal

Implement secure data transfer

Maintain vendor relationships

Provide technical leadership

Act as escalation point

Design CI/CD pipelines

Maintain CI/CD pipelines

Automate database operations

Scale database operations

Collaborate with private cloud teams

Collaborate with DevOps teams

Collaborate with development teams

Mentor junior engineers

Act as technical advisor

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; DevOps teams; Development teams

Full Job Description

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology. **_Job Description_** ** _Get To Know Us:_** SS&C is leading the way. We continue to look for today's and tomorrow’s brightest talent, those who embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to apply. SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals who value collaboration, accountability, and innovation, to name a few. **Senior Database Reliability Engineer** **Locations** : London, Bristol, Warrington, Lichfield, Surbiton, Stirling, Essex | Hybrid ** _The Opportunity_** We are seeking a **highly skilled Senior Database Reliability Engineer with proven expertise working in an operational environment using MongoDB and PostgreSQL**. This role requires a database reliability expert who can thrive in a dynamic environment, supporting and enhancing highly available, highly reliable database deployments, ensuring optimal performance, and mentoring junior engineers to support our applications. This position will play a vital role in ensuring our containerization initiatives succeed and support both MongoDB and PostgreSQL deployments. The ideal candidate will have experience in containerised MongoDB and PostgreSQL deployment under Kubernetes and Docker, with substantial experience in automating reliable deployments, building and maintaining resilience within the database platform, secure database operations methodologies, observability and performance management. We are also exploring other NoSQL database engines to support our production strength applications, so experience with diverse database systems

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