Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

We're in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry.

This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.

THE ROLE

You will be the core driver of reliability and performance for Pure Storage's most critical database systems, ensuring our global infrastructure is highly available and resilient. This high-impact role in the Engineering Productivity team is focused on delivering optimized, low-latency data services that fuel product innovation and data velocity. You will collaborate closely with FlashBlade Engineering, Development, and DevOps teams, shaping the future of data management for petabytes of mission-critical data.

What You'll Do

• Elevate Service Resilience : Design, implement, and operate highly available and resilient PostgreSQL and MySQL cluster architectures to guarantee continuous, fault-tolerant service delivery for all internal engineering teams.
• Champion Performance Optimization : Analyze, troubleshoot, and fine-tune complex database workloads to achieve industry-leading low-latency and high-throughput performance at massive scale, directly impacting the speed of product development.
• Ensure Business Continuity : Define and execute robust data integrity, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies that safeguard all critical engineering data and minimize recovery time objectives (RTO).
• Drive Proactive Observability & Security : Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and security hardening measures, ensuring proactive issue detection, rapid incident response, and compliance across the entire database fleet.
• Influence Engineering Best Practices : Partner directly with Development and DevOps teams to advise on optimal data modeling, schema design, and scaling solutions, enabling seamless and reliable integration of new product features.

What You Bring

What You Can Expect From Us

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources and company-sponsored team events. Check out purebenefits.com for more information.

Accommodations And Accessibility

Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at [HIDDEN TEXT] if you're invited to an interview.

Our Commitment To a Strong And Inclusive Team

We're forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn't just accepted but embraced. That's why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership.

Pure is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire.

JOIN US AND BRING YOUR BEST.

BRING YOUR BOLD.

BRING YOUR FLASH.

Skills Required

Terraform, Ansible, Mysql, Postgresql, Prometheus, Bash, Grafana, Python, Kubernetes