Location
Cary, North Carolina
Alternative Location(s)
- Posting Location: Cary, North Carolina
Working Schedule
Full-Time
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Relocation Assistance Available
No
Posted Date
02-Apr-2026
Job ID
16638
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
At MetLife, our Database Infrastructure team within Global Infrastructure is dedicated to making a difference. We prioritize our customers' perspectives and continuously strive to enhance and simplify their experience. Whether you're focused on safeguarding our customers' and employees' data, developing top-tier database solutions, or utilizing data and analytics to transform insights into customer-centric solutions, your work has a significant impact. Each of us plays a crucial role in bringing MetLife's mission of building a more confident future to life. Interested in joining our team? We'd love to have you!
The Opportunity
The Database Reliability Engineer position is responsible for engineering and operating evolving database and logging platforms. This role involves creating self service capabilities and automation to manage and optimize existing database and logging platforms globally, as well as evaluating and onboarding new database platforms and tools across the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to continuously improve stability and increase self-service through automation, self-healing, and AIOps, providing a best-in-class experience for our application development partners. An ideal candidate should have experience with developing web applications, using application patterns and frameworks, automation and DevOps tools, infrastructure/configuration as code, and be able to contribute in multiple ways.
Success in this role requires a forward-thinking individual who excels at using innovative methods to help manage disparate database platforms, adapts quickly to new tools and technologies, and delivers what truly matters to customers.
How You’ll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)
* Leads and participates in efforts to leverage Automation, AIOps, and Observability for optimized data infrastructure performance, security, and stability, including research, planning, design, engineering, and operation of highly available, reliable, and scalable solutions.
* Design and implement applications and automation solutions to build, configure, and manage database infrastructure.
* Develops and implements automation for self-healing mechanisms to minimize system downtime as well as self-service solutions for streamlined operations.
* Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability.
* Participates in the on-call rotation to support a 24/7 environment as needed.
What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)
* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or another related field or equivalent relevant experience.
* 1+ years of full stack web development with experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, web frameworks and architecture patterns.
* Experience with Linux OS and Cloud Platforms.
* Experience working in a DevOps and Agile environment, including familiarity with continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices, automation tools, and collaborative development workflows.
* Affinity to learn new technologies based on demand and help team members by coaching and assisting.
What Can Give You an Edge (Additional Skills)
* Suggested 1+ years of experience in IT and Infrastructure engineering work experience.
* Experience in relational or non-relational database technologies or logging platforms (like Splunk). Examples for database technologies can include but are not limited to MongoDB, Oracle, MS SQL, PostgreSQL.
* Experience developing automation with Ansible.
* Experience working closely with Observability tools like Elastic, Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus etc.
* Experience with GitHub Enterprise or Azure DevOps.
* Experience with API and API-driven development.
* Knowledge of Machine Learning (ML) and ML models, with experience in configuring ML jobs
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $65,200 - $86,900. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$65,200 - $86,900