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CockroachDB Database Engineer

SSV Technologies IncPlano, TX🇺🇸United StatesPosted 7 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Plano, TX, United States
Posted
2 days ago
ShellEncryptionSplunkAnsibleBashCockroachDBGrafanaPrometheusTerraform

Job Description

Job Details:
Job Title: CockroachDB Database Engineer
Job location: Plano, TX / Charlotte, NC (3 Days onsite, 2 Days Remote) Hybrid role.
Job Type: 12+ Months contract
Position Summary
The CockroachDB Database Engineer will be a hands-on Engineer responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing CockroachDB as an enterprise Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) on Linux platform.
 
Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and enforce engineering standards, reference architectures, and best practices
  • Build automation frameworks using Ansible, shell scripting, and infrastructure-as-code principles to enable scalable, repeatable deployments
  • Design and implement self-service provisioning capabilities for application teams
  • Ensure high availability, performance tuning, monitoring, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities
  • Define and implement security, compliance, and governance controls aligned with enterprise policies
  • Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and escalation point for CockroachDB-related issues
  • Continuously improve platform reliability, efficiency, and developer experience Primary skills: CockroachDB DBA experiance, Anisble Playbook, Shell script, Distributed DB knowledge
  • Strong hands-on experience with CockroachDB architecture and administration
  • Deep understanding of distributed database systems (replication, consistency, consensus models)
  • Expertise in automation using Ansible playbooks
  • Strong shell scripting (Bash/Korn Shell) for automation and operational tooling
  • Expertise in using AI Tools like Github Copilot or any other AI tools to write the code
  • Experience with multi-region deployment architectures and high availability design
  • Database performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning
  • 8+ years of database engineering experience in enterprise environments
  • Strong experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
  • Experience in monitoring, alerting, and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
  • Solid understanding of backup, restore, failover, and disaster recovery strategies
  • Experience implementing security controls, encryption, RBAC, and compliance standards
  • Excellent collaboration and stakeholder communication skills
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with Terraform or similar IaC tools
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline integration for database provisioning
  • Experience in financial services or regulated environments

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