[Hiring] Senior Database Reliability Engineer @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE), you'll play a critical role in ensuring the availability, performance, and scalability of our AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL databases along with other AWS services. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and love solving complex database challenges, read on!

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with software engineers and architects to design and optimize database schemas, indexes, and queries
• Evaluate and implement best practices for database performance, security, and scalability
• Monitor and maintain the health of production and development databases
• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, query optimization, and replication issues
• Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies
• Leverage infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) to provision and manage database infrastructure; write and maintain reusable Terraform modules, manage state, and support CI/CD-based deployments
• Automate routine tasks using scripts (Python, Bash) and configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet)
• Implement and enforce security policies for data access, encryption, and authentication
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA)
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (DevOps, Development, QA) to improve database reliability
• Document procedures, runbooks, and incident response processes

Qualifications

• 6+ years of proven experience managing AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL databases in a production environment
• 4+ years of Terraform experience (writing modules, managing state, and building reusable IaC for AWS)
• 4+ years of experience in Infrastructure SRE / Platform Engineering (on-call, incident response, SLIs/SLOs, and reliability improvements)
• 4+ years of experience with monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus)
• 4+ years of Scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash)
• Advanced level of proficiency with communication and collaboration skills
• Intermediate level of proficiency with SQL skills and expertise in query optimization
• Intermediate level of proficiency with PostgreSQL extensions, replication, and high availability configurations

Requirements

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Database - Specialty)
• Knowledge of other database/datastore systems (MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Benefits

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)