Senior Database Engineer (DBRE)
$124K - $169K/yr
Your Impact As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you will help make Meraki's database and data systems reliable, scalable, secure, and operable. You will combine database engineering ...
$124K - $169K/yr
Your Impact As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you will help make Meraki's database and data systems reliable, scalable, secure, and operable. You will combine database engineering ...
$124K - $169K/yr
Your Impact As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you will help make Meraki's database and data systems reliable, scalable, secure, and operable. You will combine database engineering ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$124K - $169K/yr
As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for operating ... Proficiency in monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, DevOps Guru, Database ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$124K - $169K/yr
As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for operating ... Proficiency in monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, DevOps Guru, Database ...
$124K - $169K/yr
As a Database Engineer for the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for maintaining and ... Proficiency in monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, DevOps Guru, DB Performance Insights)
$124K - $169K/yr
As a Database Engineer for the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for maintaining and ... Proficiency in monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, DevOps Guru, DB Performance Insights)
Hawthorne, CA · On-site
$155K - $205K/yr
... on Mars. SR. DATABASE RELIABILITY ENGINEER SpaceX is looking for an experienced Database ... Research and troubleshoot data questions and provide support to our software developer teams
Hawthorne, CA · On-site
$155K - $205K/yr
... on Mars. SR. DATABASE RELIABILITY ENGINEER SpaceX is looking for an experienced Database ... Research and troubleshoot data questions and provide support to our software developer teams
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$124K - $169K/yr
As a Database Engineer for the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for maintaining and ... Proficiency in monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, DevOps Guru, DB Performance Insights)
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$124K - $169K/yr
As a Database Engineer for the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for maintaining and ... Proficiency in monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, DevOps Guru, DB Performance Insights)
Hawthorne, CA · On-site
$155K - $205K/yr
... on Mars. SR. DATABASE RELIABILITY ENGINEER SpaceX is looking for an experienced Database ... Research and troubleshoot data questions and provide support to our software developer teams
Hawthorne, CA · On-site
$155K - $205K/yr
... on Mars. SR. DATABASE RELIABILITY ENGINEER SpaceX is looking for an experienced Database ... Research and troubleshoot data questions and provide support to our software developer teams
$120K - $160K/yr
Leverage SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Visual Studio, and Azure DevOps daily. * Write complex, dynamic SQL queries for sophisticated relational databases. * Design, develop, test, and debug ...
$120K - $160K/yr
Leverage SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Visual Studio, and Azure DevOps daily. * Write complex, dynamic SQL queries for sophisticated relational databases. * Design, develop, test, and debug ...
Rialto, CA · On-site
$105K - $152K/yr
The Senior Database Administrator ensures the reliability, integrity, and accessibility of mission ... Coordinate with vendors, developers, and internal staff on database-related problems, enhancements ...
Rialto, CA · On-site
$105K - $152K/yr
The Senior Database Administrator ensures the reliability, integrity, and accessibility of mission ... Coordinate with vendors, developers, and internal staff on database-related problems, enhancements ...
Santa Clara, CA · On-site +1
$127K - $216K/yr
Become an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance issues and ... Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team ...
Santa Clara, CA · On-site +1
$127K - $216K/yr
Become an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance issues and ... Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team ...
$127K - $216K/yr
Become an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance issues and ... Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team ...
$127K - $216K/yr
Become an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance issues and ... Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team ...
Santa Clara, CA · On-site +1
$125K - $170K/yr
Become an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance issues and ... Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team ...
Santa Clara, CA · On-site +1
$125K - $170K/yr
Become an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance issues and ... Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team ...
$127K - $216K/yr
Become an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance issues and ... Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team ...
$127K - $216K/yr
Become an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance issues and ... Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team ...
Riverside, CA · On-site
$52 - $71.50/hr
Job Title Senior Database Administrator III Location Riverside, CA US (Primary) Category Research, Development, and Engineering Job Type Full-Time Career Level Staff Education Bachelor's Degree ...
Riverside, CA · On-site
$52 - $71.50/hr
Job Title Senior Database Administrator III Location Riverside, CA US (Primary) Category Research, Development, and Engineering Job Type Full-Time Career Level Staff Education Bachelor's Degree ...
Newport Beach, CA · On-site
$160K - $175K/yr
We are seeking a seasoned Senior DBA to take end-to-end ownership of database systems on AWS. This ... Cross-Functional Partnership Work closely with engineering, product, analytics, and infrastructure ...
Newport Beach, CA · On-site
$160K - $175K/yr
We are seeking a seasoned Senior DBA to take end-to-end ownership of database systems on AWS. This ... Cross-Functional Partnership Work closely with engineering, product, analytics, and infrastructure ...
Newport Beach, CA · On-site
$160K - $175K/yr
We are seeking a seasoned Senior DBA to take end-to-end ownership of database systems on AWS. This ... Cross-Functional Partnership Work closely with engineering, product, analytics, and infrastructure ...
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Newport Beach, CA · On-site
$160K - $175K/yr
We are seeking a seasoned Senior DBA to take end-to-end ownership of database systems on AWS. This ... Cross-Functional Partnership Work closely with engineering, product, analytics, and infrastructure ...
$160K - $175K/yr
We are seeking a seasoned Senior DBA to take end-to-end ownership of database systems on AWS. This ... Cross-Functional Partnership Work closely with engineering, product, analytics, and infrastructure ...
$160K - $175K/yr
We are seeking a seasoned Senior DBA to take end-to-end ownership of database systems on AWS. This ... Cross-Functional Partnership Work closely with engineering, product, analytics, and infrastructure ...
$155K - $205K/yr
SR. DATABASE RELIABILITY ENGINEER SpaceX is looking for an experienced Database Reliability ... Research and troubleshoot data questions and provide support to our software developer teams
$155K - $205K/yr
SR. DATABASE RELIABILITY ENGINEER SpaceX is looking for an experienced Database Reliability ... Research and troubleshoot data questions and provide support to our software developer teams
Riverside, CA · On-site
$111K - $160K/yr
Senior Database Administrator III (DBA) - Secret Clearance| Riverside, CA Cambridge International ... Collaborate with engineering and development teams to support system enhancements and data ...
Riverside, CA · On-site
$111K - $160K/yr
Senior Database Administrator III (DBA) - Secret Clearance| Riverside, CA Cambridge International ... Collaborate with engineering and development teams to support system enhancements and data ...
Senior Database Administrator III (DBA) - Secret Clearance| Riverside, CA Cambridge International ... Collaborate with engineering and development teams to support system enhancements and data ...
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Senior Database Administrator III (DBA) - Secret Clearance| Riverside, CA Cambridge International ... Collaborate with engineering and development teams to support system enhancements and data ...
Brea, CA · On-site
$94K - $179K/yr
The Sr. Database Administrator is a senior IT engineering position that designs, implements and handles multiple, complex database platforms in a mission critical OLTP, ODS and Warehouse environment.
Brea, CA · On-site
$94K - $179K/yr
The Sr. Database Administrator is a senior IT engineering position that designs, implements and handles multiple, complex database platforms in a mission critical OLTP, ODS and Warehouse environment.
$16.37 - $22.19
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$28.02 - $33.84
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$33.84 - $39.66
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$39.66 - $45.48
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$45.88 is the 25th percentile. Wages below this are outliers.
$45.48 - $51.31
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The median wage is $56.55 / hr.
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$64.99 is the 75th percentile. Wages above this are outliers.
$62.95 - $68.78
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$68.78 - $74.60
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| Aspect | Senior Database Developer | Database Administrator |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Focus | Designing, developing, and optimizing database systems and queries | Maintaining, securing, and backing up databases |
| Required Skills | SQL, database design, performance tuning, coding | Database management, security protocols, troubleshooting |
| Work Environment | Development teams, project-based tasks | Operational environment, system monitoring |
| Certifications | Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server certifications | Oracle Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator |
While both roles require strong SQL and database knowledge, Senior Database Developers focus on creating and optimizing database solutions, whereas Database Administrators handle the ongoing maintenance, security, and performance of databases. Understanding these differences helps employers and professionals align skills with job responsibilities.

$124K - $169K/yr
Full-time
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO
Posted 15 days ago
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Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Meet the Team
The Database Reliability Engineering team builds andoperatesthe production database and data systems that power Cisco Meraki's cloud platform and Dashboard. We make high-volume device telemetry ingestion, customer-facing data access, product workflows, analytics, monitoring, and operationaldataneeds reliable atglobalscale, so engineers and customers can depend on the data behind Meraki's products.
Our work sits at the intersection of database engineering, reliability engineering, and platform operations, with a focus on high availability, business continuity, performance, scalability, observability, and safe change management. We are a small, experienced team with a high-ownership, pragmatic, and collaborative culture; we work closely with SRE and product engineering teams while owning critical systems end to end.
This is an opportunity to work on core data reliability problems where improvements in automation, resilience, and operability have an immediate impact across Meraki.
Your Impact
As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you will help make Meraki's database and data systems reliable, scalable, secure, and operable. You will combine database engineering, reliability engineering, and platform automation to support relational databases, streaming systems, analytical stores, and low-latency data services.
You will work closely with SRE, application engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to improve the availability and performance of our data systems, reduce operational toil, and guide safe architectural changes as the platform grows.
You can expect to:
Plan, administer,maintain, and secure the PostgreSQL infrastructure in collaboration with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to ensure high performance and reliability.
Design, build, and maintain ETL pipelines for PostgreSQL, as well as develop procedures and scripts for data migration.
Perform operational database administration tasks such as installation, upgrades, patching, backup/recovery, monitoring, capacity planning, andarchitectural changes in cloud environments.
Participatein production operationssuch as on-call rotation,incident response, monitoring, alerting, and post-incident review processes.
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years of experience designing,operating, and troubleshooting PostgreSQL in production environments.
5+ years of experience managing production database or distributed data systems acrossapplication,database, operatingsystem, storage, and network layers.
3+ years of experience in Linux systems engineering (performance tuning, memory management, I/O tuning, configuration, security, and networking) and automating infrastructure or database operations with tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
2+ years of experience using at least one scripting or programming language such as Python, Bash, Go, Ruby, or Perl for automation and operational tooling.
Experience working in a polyglot production data environment, including at least one non-PostgreSQL system such as Kafka/MSK,ClickHouse, Redis, MySQL, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, or a similar distributed data system.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building databaseplatformtooling, self-service workflows, and paved paths that enable application teams to use data systems safely and efficiently.
Previouswork with cloud infrastructure and managed data services, including PostgreSQL on Kubernetes, Amazon RDS, AWS, Terraform, service discovery, andsecretsmanagement.
Ability to operate MSK/Kafka,ClickHouse, or Redis at scale, covering cluster operations, replication, partitioning or sharding, retention, capacity planning, and workload tuning.
Previousresponsibility for refining reliability practices for production data systems, such as SLOs, disaster recovery plans, backup validation, and failover testing.
Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL internals and operational behavior, including concurrency, transaction consistency, replication, maintenance, backup and recovery, indexing, and query performance.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally by producing design documents, leading operational reviews, explaining tradeoffs, and mentoring engineers.
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Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:The starting salary range posted for this position is $165,000.00 to $241,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$165,000.00 - $277,600.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$146,700.00 - $247,000.00* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
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