Senior DevOps Engineer

Requisition ID: 452725
Work Area: Software-Development Operations
Expected Travel: 0%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Career Level: T3-2

Original Posting Date: 04/27/2026 

 

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer 

Location: Reston, VA 

Work Model: Hybrid Work Model 

 

Purpose and Objective:   

SuccessFactors, Inc. seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer at our Reston, VA location to develop and implement database backup and recovery strategy and solutions.  

 

Expectations and Tasks:  

Control system resources usage, perform troubleshooting and diagnostics activities. Responsible for the installation, configurations and maintenance of MySQL database Standalone & Master-Master cluster, DR setup. Analyze resources usage (Infra and Database), analyze growth patterns, Perform Capacity planning for the Database Infrastructure. Collect and analyze database performance information; identify and implement solutions for performance problems. Utilize query optimization and tuning skills including cross database and cross server queries, analysis and troubleshooting interactions between databases, operating systems and applications with regard to performance and resources usage. Create database tables, setting up indexes, data constraints and database views. Analyze and predict through trend analysis and resolve database system, storage and application issues. Monitor jobs in production and be responsible for load/hardware analysis mapping, fault tolerance and security. Evaluate and implement database technologies and utilities. Perform database upgrades, patching, migrations. Review and implement database changes. Participate in rotation shift supporting production and non-production databases of MySQL and MSSQL and provide timely response to system alerts. Drive operational efficiency topics. Work closely with Stakeholders, Development Architects/Managers, and developers, across locations and ensure timely delivery. Participate and contribute towards organization’s goals and objectives, collaborating with multiple teams and solutions.  

 

Education and Occupational Experience:  

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field of study and six (6) years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation. Alternatively, a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field of study and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. 

 

Qualifications/Skills and Competencies Experience:  

Experience must include four (4) years involving each of the following:  

• MySQL Database administration including Install, Upgrade, HA, DR, Replication, and backups;  

• Operations support, on-call support, and performance tuning; 

• Cloud Platforms including GCP and Azure; 

• Linux; 

• Multi DB technology including MongoDB, Percona, or MariaDB; and 

• DevOps automation tools including Terraform, Git, Vault, Jenkins, Ansible, docker, and K8s. 

Experience must include two (2) years involving each of the following:  

• MSSQL Database Administration including Install, Upgrade, HA, DR, Replication, and backups; and  

• PostgreSQL including Install,