Take full ownership of ElasticSearch cluster health, including node sizing, shard allocation strategies, and performance tuning for both keyword and dense vector search.
Design, implement, and maintain the infrastructure for Vector Databases to support developer-led AI and RAG projects.
Establish rigorous standards for monitoring and backing up vector embeddings and ensuring high availability for data stores that feed our LLM integrations.
Use Ansible and Terraform to automate the deployment, configuration, and scaling of the database fleet, eliminating manual "drift" between MariaDB, MySQL, Search and any Vector DB clusters.
Build predictive alerting in Prometheus/Grafana to catch issues like InnoDB contention in Aurora or circuit-breaker trips in ElasticSearch before they impact customers.

5+ years of dedicated experience as a DBA in a mission-critical, high-traffic environment.
Proven track record of managing large-scale ElasticSearch clusters in production, specifically handling cluster rebalancing and capacity planning.
Advanced ElasticSearch: Deep knowledge of Lucene internals, mappings, analyzers, and cluster state management.
AI/Vector Data: Familiarity with vector similarity search, embeddings, and at least one specialized vector database or vector-enabled search engine.
Automation/IaC: Hands-on experience with configuration management (Ansible is highly preferred) or other Infrastructure-as-Code technologies.
Cloud & Orchestration: Hands-on experience with AWS (RDS/Aurora) and managing data workloads within Kubernetes/EKS.
Comprehensive understanding of distributed systems consistency models and CAP theorem trade-offs.
In-depth knowledge of database security, encryption at rest, and data integrity audits (e.g., automated checksumming).

Flexible Work Environment : We embrace a high-performance, flexible structure that values freedom and responsibility.
Health and Wellness : Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits, along with wellness and telework stipends.
Time Off: Generous vacation time to recharge and balance life outside work.
In-Office Perks: Enjoy office unlimited snacks or refreshments onsite.

Senior Database Administrator

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