# SOCAR Platform Engineer (DBA) - Wanted 377851
AI Summary
Purpose:
- Preserve the active SOCAR Platform Engineer (DBA) posting used for the 2026-08-05 tailored application package.
Key points:
- Wanted posting
377851was active on 2026-08-05 and listed 5-11 years of experience, regular employment, and rolling recruitment. - The role owns AWS RDS MySQL/PostgreSQL, MongoDB Atlas, and Redis Cloud and aims to replace repeated database operations with automation, self-service guardrails, anomaly detection, and LLM-assisted workflows.
- Must-have qualifications cover MySQL or PostgreSQL operations, execution-plan analysis and SQL tuning, DBMS internals, Python or script-based automation, and AWS or GCP database experience or understanding.
- The candidate's verified production boundary is self-managed MySQL on AWS EC2; RDS, MongoDB, Redis, GCP, and production GitOps remain explicit gaps.
Relevant when:
- Reviewing or revising the SOCAR application under
career/맞춤이력서/쏘카-Platform-Engineer-DBA/. - Preparing interview answers about managed-database gaps, self-service database operations, or AI-assisted operations.
Do not read full document unless:
- Exact posting wording, process, benefits, or the duplicate posting-id check is needed.
Linked documents:
../../wiki/projects/2026-active-job-shortlist.md2026-08-04-codex-public-job-market-scan.md
Open Questions
- Exact closing date: Needs confirmation.
- Team-specific on-call frequency, compensation, and postmortem practice: Needs confirmation.
- Whether self-managed MySQL on AWS EC2 is sufficient for the team's managed-cloud expectation: Needs confirmation.
Details
Source: <https://www.wanted.co.kr/wd/377851>
Captured: 2026-08-05 (Asia/Seoul)
Status at capture: active, hidden=false
Experience: 5-11 years
Employment: regular
Location: 서울 성동구 왕십리로 83-21, 아크로포레스트 디타워
Posting ID check
377851: active on 2026-08-05 and used for this application.371401: closed and hidden on 2026-07-30. Search engines still returned this older duplicate.
Team and direction
- The database platform team operates AWS RDS for MySQL and PostgreSQL, MongoDB Atlas, and Redis Cloud.
- The team wants to move away from manual database operations by automating slow-query detection, diagnostics, developer self-service, and incident workflows.
Responsibilities
- Own stable operations and performance for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
- Build pipelines that detect and analyze slow queries and execution plans, including LLM-assisted query review and tuning suggestions.
- Automate anomaly detection, incident diagnosis, alerts, and selected self-healing actions.
- Build developer self-service database tooling and guardrails for schema changes, diagnostics, and repeated operational tasks.
- Add LLM and AI agents to operational tools for database-state questions, incident classification and summarization, and runbook execution.
Required qualifications
- MySQL or PostgreSQL operations, execution-plan analysis, and SQL optimization.
- Understanding of transactions, indexes, locks, and database memory structures.
- Experience replacing repeated operations with code or scripts.
- Experience building operational tools with Python or an equivalent language.
- AWS or GCP database operations experience or understanding.
Preferred qualifications
- Real work using LLM or AI, including assistants, agents, RAG, or prompt automation.
- GitOps-based operations automation.
- Monitoring and observability using Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, or equivalent systems, including data-based anomaly detection.
- MongoDB and Redis operations.
- On-call and postmortem experience, or SQLP/DAP certification.
Process
Document review -> technical interview -> culture-fit interview -> compensation and start-date negotiation -> final confirmation -> start.
The posting states that a three-month probation review applies.
Benefits listed in the posting
- Pregnancy-related reduced hours and workplace daycare support.
- Family-event leave and payments.
- Clubs, small groups, and mingling support.
- Health screening for the employee and one family member.
- Mental-health support, snacks, coffee, and a rest room.