Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) / Advanced Software Engineer
Honeywell · Posted Nov 6
Building automation, industrial automation, aerospace, and energy-efficient technology solutions
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About the role
Honeywell's Engineering / Platform & Data Infrastructure function owns mission-critical database platforms serving enterprise SaaS applications. The environment spans MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and cloud platforms, with large-scale production systems containing millions of records and 24x7 high-availability SLAs. This senior DBRE role focuses on database architecture, production reliability, performance tuning, security, disaster recovery, and mentoring junior engineers.
What you will do
- Architect and implement scalable, high-availability MongoDB solutions including replica sets, sharded clusters, Atlas deployments, and disaster recovery architectures.
- Design, implement, and manage MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch environments across development, staging, and production.
- Define schema design standards, sharding strategies, indexing approaches, data lifecycle management, and capacity planning.
- Own 24x7 production database operations with accountability for uptime, reliability, and SLA compliance.
- Diagnose and resolve complex database incidents, execute failovers, recovery activities, root-cause analysis, and business continuity procedures.
- Lead rolling upgrades, patching, migrations, and maintenance with minimal or zero downtime.
- Analyze query patterns, design optimal indexes, tune aggregation pipelines, and eliminate bottlenecks.
- Monitor performance metrics and drive continuous improvements using profiler, explain plans, Atlas tools, and observability platforms.
- Optimize high-volume databases containing millions of records and heavy workloads.
- Implement RBAC, TLS/SSL, encryption, LDAP integration, auditing, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Ensure enterprise-grade database security, resilience, and operational governance.
- Define database best practices, review data models, and provide technical leadership.
- Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with development, platform, SRE, and DevOps teams.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 8–12 years of database engineering, DBRE, DBA, or related experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on MongoDB production support experience.
- Deep expertise in replica sets, sharding, Atlas, replication, failover, query tuning, and aggregation framework.
- Strong PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch administration and performance tuning experience.
- Experience managing databases supporting enterprise SaaS applications and millions of records.
- Cloud experience on Azure, AWS, or GCP and strong Linux administration skills.
- Programming experience in .NET, Java, Python, JavaScript/Node.js, or similar technologies.
Preferred qualifications
- MongoDB Certified DBA or Developer certification.
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search, time-series collections, Ops Manager, or Cloud Manager experience.
- Experience with Kafka, Spark, Redis, Elasticsearch, Azure Cosmos DB, and database migrations.
- Background in SaaS, telemetry, IoT, or large-scale enterprise data platforms.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate corporation that invents and manufactures technologies addressing tough challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, and energy. It operates major business divisions focusing on building automation, industrial automation, and enterprise performance solutions. Through continuous innovation, the company helps drive smarter, safer, and more sustainable operations worldwide.
- Industry
- Conglomerate
- Company size
- 101000+ employees
- Founded
- 1906
- Location
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mike Stepniak
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Suresh Venkatarayalu
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
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