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Cary, Tampa
País
Estados Unidos
Acuerdo de trabajo
Tiempo completo
Esquema de Trabajo
Híbrido
Asistencia de reubicación disponible
No
Fecha de publicación
17-Jun-2025
ID del trabajo
9779

Descripción y requisitos

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 Senior Database Reliability Engineer position is responsible for engineering and operating evolving database and logging platforms. This role involves managing and optimizing existing NoSQL 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 various database platforms, data engineering, automation, DevOps, and infrastructure/configuration as code, and be able to contribute in multiple ways. 


Success in this role requires a forward-thinking individual who excels at managing data platforms using innovative methods, 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.
  • Designs and implement infrastructure-as-code 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.
  • Leads and participates in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and recommends tuning and optimization procedures to improve database performance.
  • Reviews and implements database configurations in alignment with MetLife data security standards.
  • Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability.
  • Participates in the on-call rotation to support a 24/7 environment.
What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)


  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or another related field or equivalent relevant experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in databases and database internals, with strong NoSQL database technologies (like MongoDB) and Logging platforms (like Splunk).
  • Experience with Linux OS, Cloud Platform. 
  • Experience with database programming and OS Scripting skills. 
  • Extensive experience with data and database security. 
  • Proven experience in Agile environments, with a solid understanding of Agile principles and proficiency in Azure DevOps.
  • 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 5+ years of experience in IT and Infrastructure engineering work experience.
  • Lead the engineering and operational initiatives for MongoDB and Splunk platforms, ensuring high availability and stability.
  • Experience developing automation with Ansible.
  • Experience working closely with Observability tools like Elastic, Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus etc.
  • Experience configuring and using APM tools. 
  • MongoDB Certified DBA or Splunk Certified Administrator is a plus.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and Hadoop.
  • Experience with database change management tools (Liquibase, Redgate, DB Maestro).
  • Experience with API and API-driven development.
  • Knowledge of Machine Learning (ML) and ML models, with experience in configuring ML jobs.
The expected salary range for this position is $88,100 - $117,500. 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, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
Acerca de MetLife

Reconocida en la lista de la revista Fortune de las "Empresas más admiradas del mundo" de 2023, MetLife, a través de sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una de las empresas de servicios financieros líderes en el mundo; proporcionando seguros, anualidades, beneficios para empleados y gestión de activos a clientes individuales e institucionales. Con operaciones en más de 40 mercados, ocupamos posiciones de liderazgo en Estados Unidos, América Latina, Asia, Europa y Medio Oriente.

Nuestro propósito es simple: ayudar a nuestros colegas, clientes, comunidades y al mundo en general a crear un futuro más seguro. Unidos por un propósito y guiados por la empatía, estamos inspirados para transformar el próximo siglo en servicios financieros. En MetLife, es #AllTogetherPossible. ¡Únete a nosotros!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”).

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.
$88,100 - $117,500