• Job Description

  Req#: 134521

  Are you passionate about creating resilient database infrastructures that power critical businessapplications?
  Join our innovative team where you'll architect, implement, and maintain high-performance database solutions while pioneering self-healing platforms. This is your opportunity to shape the future of database reliability engineering in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment!

  
  About the Role

  As a Database Reliability Engineer in our Database as a Service squad, you'll be at the forefront of developing self-healing platforms designed for cutting-edge performance and availability. You'll implement auto-scaling solutions that optimize cost efficiency while maintaining exceptional service levels. This role offers a healthy work-life balance with limited on-call rotations (once every two months) for high-priority incidents only, as we believe in automation to minimize operational overhead.

  
  Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement resilient database infrastructures with a focus on reliability and performance
  • Optimize and troubleshoot SQL Server query plans to ensure maximum database efficiency
  • Develop and enhance monitoring and self-healing capabilities for database systems
  • Proactively identify and resolve potential issues before they impact system reliability
  • Create and test comprehensive disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity
  • Automate operational activities through monitoring tools and performance tuning
  • Collaborate across teams to anticipate issues and identify opportunities during backlog refinements
  • Balance remote and in-office work by coordinating hybrid schedules with your team
  • Share knowledge and mentor team members on database reliability best practices

  About the Team

  You'll be joining our wider GTS Infrastructure team – a diverse group of IT problem solvers including software developers, systems engineers, and information engineers. We're driven by passion, powered by knowledge, and we approach our work with a healthy dose of fun!
  Our multi-functional, agile team delivers high-quality IT solutions through close collaboration with customers and platform owners. We value innovation, continuous learning, and creating reliable systems that our organization can depend on.

  
  About You

  
  You thrive in dynamic environments where you can apply your technical expertise to solve complex database challenges. You're self-organized and enjoy collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Your excellent communication skills in English enable you to clearly articulate complex concepts and contribute effectively to team discussions. You're passionate about database performance optimization and constantly looking for ways to improvesystem reliability through innovative approaches.

  
  We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

  • Demonstrated experience with SQL Server administration and design, including performance tuning and high availability configurations
  • Strong expertise in SQL Server query plan troubleshooting and optimization techniques
  • Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions for database environments
  • Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex database performance issues
  • Knowledge of cloud database services, preferably in Microsoft Azure

  
  These are additional nice to haves:

  • Experience with or interest in AI Ops methodologies for database management
  • Proficiency in infrastructure as code using tools such as PowerShell, Puppet, Terraform, or RESTful APIs
  • SQL Server and/or Microsoft Azure certifications
  • Experience with or curiosity about database reliability engineering and chaos engineering principles
  • Knowledge of German language
  • Experience working in geographically dispersed teams across multiple time zones
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with database automation and orchestration tools

  For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 3,800] and [EUR 6,300] per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:

  • the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
  • the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.

  In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.

  Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.

  We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.

  We provide feedback to all candidates via email. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam folder.

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  About Swiss Re

  Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
  
  Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
  
  If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.

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• About the company

  Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, commonly known as Swiss Re, is a reinsurance company based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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