GCP Database Site Reliability/Support Engineer
GCP Database Site Reliability/Support Engineer (SCE) Start Date: ASAP Time Zone: East preferred, but Central is fine Skill set Requirement: Strong Spanner skills Location requirements: US only Role Overview: We're looking for a GCP Database Support/Site Reliability Engineer to manage, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud-native database systems, with hands-on expertise in Cloud Spanner as a mandatory requirement.
Key Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and manage GCP database services (Cloud Spanner, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Firestore) Monitor performance, availability, and reliability of production database systems Troubleshoot and resolve database incidents, ensuring SLA/SLO compliance Optimize Cloud Spanner schemas, queries, and instance configurations for scale and cost Implement backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies Collaborate with engineering teams on database architecture and migrations Automate operational tasks using Terraform/scripting (Python/Bash) Mandatory Requirements: Hands-on production experience with Google Cloud Spanner (schema design, performance tuning, monitoring) Strong SQL and distributed database concepts (consistency, sharding, replication) Experience with GCP IAM, networking, and monitoring (Cloud Monitoring/Logging) Familiarity with incident management and on-call rotations Good to Have: GCP Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification Experience with Cloud SQL, BigQuery, or AlloyDB Terraform/Infrastructure-as-Code experience