GCP Database Site Reliability/Support Engineer (SCE)- W2 in United
Job Description
Job Title: GCP Database Site Reliability/Support Engineer (SCE)
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Location: REMOTE USA
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Job Type : Contract – W2
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Role Overview:
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We're looking for a GCP Database Support/Site Reliability Engineer to manage, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud- database systems, with hands-on expertise in Cloud Spanner as a mandatory requirement.
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Key Responsibilities:
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• Design, deploy, and manage GCP database services (Cloud Spanner, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Firestore)
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• Monitor performance, availability, and reliability of production database systems
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• Troubleshoot and resolve database incidents, ensuring SLA/SLO compliance
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• Optimize Cloud Spanner schemas, queries, and instance configurations for scale and cost
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• Implement backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies
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• Collaborate with engineering teams on database architecture and migrations
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• Automate operational tasks using Terraform/scripting (Python/Bash)
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Mandatory Requirements:
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• Hands-on production experience with Google Cloud Spanner (schema design, performance tuning, monitoring)
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• Strong SQL and distributed database concepts (consistency, sharding, replication)
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• Experience with GCP IAM, networking, and monitoring (Cloud Monitoring/Logging)
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• Familiarity with incident management and on-call rotations
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Good to Have:
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• GCP Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification
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• Experience with Cloud SQL, BigQuery, or AlloyDB
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• Terraform/Infrastructure-as-Code experience