Software Principal Engineer - DBA
Company: Boomi
Location: Elkins Park
Posted on: January 17, 2026
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Job Description:
As a DBA, you will lead database administration for Boomis
multi-region, high-availability Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL
infrastructure supporting millions of integration processes and
billions of transactions monthly. You will work with product
management, other engineering teams, customer success and support
on developing cutting edge new product features and enhancements
across various areas of Boomi offerings. What You’ll Do Lead
database administration for Boomis multi-region, high-availability
Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL infrastructure supporting millions of
integration processes and billions of transactions monthly. Lead
design and architectural discussions to strategize, define, and
implement highly scalable backend database systems that provide
exceptional resilience and contribute to 99.999% (5-9s) uptime.
Define database standards, patterns, and best practices across the
organization. Database Operations & Performance: • Manage extremely
large and wide variety of databases in production across multiple
regions • Optimize database performance for RedSky and Shard
databases, perform index optimization, query tuning, and capacity
planning to support growing workloads • Monitor and resolve
database performance issues during incidents working with Cloud
vendors, third party DB experts, and internal teams to resolve
complex database issues • Maintain Global Database clusters for
cross-region replication and disaster recovery • Execute database
failovers with zero data loss while maintaining zero-downtime with
robust roll-back procedures in place • Implement and test
backup/restore strategies for multi-TB databases • Manage database
access controls and privilege management by implementing security
best practices for multi-tenant database environments. Ensure
compliance with data protection regulations The Experience You
Bring • 7 years production DBA experience with wide variety of
databases and technologies • Deep knowledge of AWS Aurora RDS,
replication, and failover mechanisms • Strong SQL optimization and
performance tuning skills • Experience with 40 TB databases and
high-transaction environments • Proficiency with database
monitoring tools (New Relic, CloudWatch, PMM) • Proven track record
handling large-scale database incidents and ability to make
critical decisions under pressure during outages • Solve complex
problems at a massive scale • Clear communication during incidents
and post-mortems Bonus Points If You Have • Experience with
database automation and IaC (Terraform) • Knowledge of Kubernetes
StatefulSets for database workloads • Prior experience in SaaS/PaaS
environments • Experience with MySQL Cluster or Group Replication •
Knowledge of AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) • Familiarity
with monitoring and alerting tools (New Relic, etc.) • Experience
with automated backup and failover solutions • Understanding of
database capacity planning and resource optimization
Keywords: Boomi, Philadelphia , Software Principal Engineer - DBA, IT / Software / Systems , Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
