Sr. Lead Database Reliability Engineer
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The Impact of a Sr. Lead Database Reliability Engineer at Coupa:
As a Sr. Lead Database Reliability Engineer, you will be the architectural anchor for our Microsoft SQL Server infrastructure. This isn't a traditional DBA role; you will be responsible for building the automation frameworks that make manual intervention obsolete. You will design, scale, and secure our database infrastructure across multi-cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure), ensuring that "Reliability" is part of the code from day one.
What You'll Do:
- Architectural Leadership: Design high-availability (AlwaysOn), data replication, schema migration (for VM/containerized workloads), disaster recovery, and scalable data architectures that support global, high-traffic applications.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Use Terraform to provision cloud resources and Chef for configuration management to ensure a consistent, repeatable SQL Server environment.
- Advanced Automation: Develop sophisticated PowerShell modules to automate complex database lifecycle tasks, from automated patching and backups to performance drift detection.
- Performance Engineering: Act as the final point of escalation for deep-level SQL Server performance tuning, including query optimization, indexing strategies, and hardware/storage throughput analysis.
- Cloud Evolution: Design and implement modernization plan to migrate SQL Server workloads from IaaS (VM instances) to PaaS (GCP CloudSQL / AWS RDS for SQL Server)
- Reliability & Stability: Implement SLIs/SLOs for database health and build automated self-healing mechanisms to minimize downtime.
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What You Will Bring to Coupa:
- 10+ Years of SQL Server Expertise: Extensive mastery of SQL Server (2016-2022), including internals, memory management, and high-availability patterns.
- The Automation Trio: Advanced proficiency in PowerShell, Chef (or similar CM tools), and Terraform. You believe if you have to do it twice, it should be a script.
- Windows Ecosystem: Expert-level knowledge of Windows Server administration, especially as it relates to SQL Server performance and security.
- Cloud Native Mindset: Proven experience managing database workloads in a major cloud provider, preferably AWS or GCP.
- Architectural Vision: Ability to design complex systems that balance performance, cost-efficiency, and 99.99% availability.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- FSA
- HSA
- Mental Health Benefits
- Virtual Fitness Classes
- Short-Term Disability
- Health Reimbursement Account
Parental Benefits
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Adoption Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Snacks
- Some Meals Provided
- Happy Hours
- Company Outings
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Personal/Sick Days
- Volunteer Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Pension
- Performance Bonus
Professional Development
- Leadership Training Program
- Mentor Program
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Promote From Within
Diversity and Inclusion
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Unconscious Bias Training
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
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