Kubernetes Database Engineer

Job Locations
PT-13-Porto
Job area
IT & Digital
Employment type
Permanent
Workplace
Hybrid

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for your innovation journey. As a global engineering, technology and consulting service provider, we are ideally positioned to help you achieve your ambitions and future-proof your business. With a smart blend of bold thinking and reliable execution, we’re able to fast-track innovation through each step of your value chain.

We are strategically positioned to build value, with a global footprint across 30 countries.
We are as global and local as you need us to be, with strong best-in-class pan-European technological centres and unique best-shoring capabilities.

We leverage a network of high value-adding affiliates in consulting and industrial excellence, and leading partners across multiple sectors to provide you with the most comprehensive services and solutions in an ever-changing environment.

Responsibilities

- Design, deploy, and manage stateful database workloads on Kubernetes, primarily focusing on PostgreSQL.

- Implement and maintain persistent storage solutions, including backup and restore processes.

- Design and operate high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) strategies for database environments.

- Develop and maintain automation for database provisioning, upgrades, and scaling.

- Build and manage CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code solutions using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.

- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize database and Kubernetes cluster performance.

- Implement and enforce security best practices, including RBAC, encryption, secrets management, and network policies.

- Collaborate with DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Development teams to evolve database-as-a-service architectures.

- Contribute to international projects and support decisions regarding current and future technology choices.

- Participate in shift-based operational support and on-call rotations.

Essential skills

- Proven hands-on experience managing databases running on Kubernetes.

- Strong expertise in PostgreSQL in production environments.

- Solid understanding of High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) architectures.

- Experience implementing persistent storage solutions in Kubernetes.

- Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).

- Knowledge of Kubernetes security practices, including RBAC, secrets management, encryption, and network policies.

- Experience working in shift-based or on-call operational environments.

- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work autonomously.

- Good communication skills with the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desired skills

- Experience designing database-as-a-service (DBaaS) platforms.

- Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure and container orchestration ecosystems.

- Experience supporting large-scale or distributed production environments.

- Exposure to observability and monitoring tools for Kubernetes and database systems.

- Experience working in international or cross-functional teams.

What do I need before I apply

-The opportunity is remote but the candidate must already be living in PT.

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