Robert Half

About Us

Ziebart has been the leader in automotive appearance and protection for over 67 years. Join our mission to provide that “new car look and feel” for millions of hard-working people all around the world. As an employee of Ziebart, you will become a part of one of the world's most recognizable brands in the automotive aftermarket!

Ziebart International Corporation has an opening for a Senior Database & Platform Engineer.

Job Introduction

We are consolidating international and domestic production systems into a single, authoritative distributed platform built on CockroachDB running on AWS.

Role Overview

The Senior Database & Platform Engineer will own the design, consolidation, and migration of PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases into a single unified CockroachDB schema.

This is the focus for the first year.

In addition to the database unification effort, this role will also support:

• Kubernetes cluster setup and ongoing platform operations
• Development of internal tooling and platform integrations using NodeJS and JavaScript

This is a hands-on senior role requiring deep distributed database expertise, strong platform engineering skills, and the ability to execute long-running, high-impact infrastructure initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Primary Responsibility (Core Focus)

• Analyze and deeply understand:
• International PostgreSQL database schemas
• Domestic Microsoft SQL Server database schemas
• Identify and resolve:
• Schema conflicts and overlaps
• Data type and constraint mismatches
• Divergent business rules
• Regional versus global data requirements
• Design and implement a single unified CockroachDB schema
• Lead schema design and review sessions with international IT stakeholders
• Plan and execute near-zero-downtime database migrations
• Migrate data from PostgreSQL and SQL Server into CockroachDB
• Validate migration correctness using:
• Row counts
• Checksums
• Business logic verification
• Operate, tune, and support CockroachDB in AWS
• Decommission or transition of legacy databases to read-only after cutover
• Document architecture decisions, migration strategies, and operational runbooks

Secondary / Supporting Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters in AWS
• Configure and maintain containerized workloads
• Support internal platform services and tooling using NodeJS and JavaScript
• Collaborate with application teams on:
• Distributed transaction behavior
• Retry patterns and integration requirements

Database Experience (MUST HAVE — NON-NEGOTIABLE)

CockroachDB (REQUIRED)

• Hands-on production experience operating CockroachDB
• Experience managing multi-node CockroachDB clusters
• Strong understanding of:
• Raft quorum and replication
• Distributed transactions
• SERIALIZABLE isolation and retry behavior
• Backup, restore, and point-in-time recovery
• Experience using CockroachDB as a primary system of record

Candidates without production CockroachDB experience should not apply.

Strong understanding of:

· Raft quorum and replication

· Distributed transactions

· SERIALIZABLE isolation and retry behavior

· Backup, restore, and point-in-time recovery

· PostgreSQL

· Experience using CockroachDB as a primary system of record (candidates without production CockroachDB experience should not apply).

Production experience with:

· Schema design and normalization

· Indexing and query optimization (`EXPLAIN ANALYZE`)

· Replication and backups

· Microsoft SQL Server

· Experience analyzing SQL Server schemas

· Understanding of T-SQL vs PostgreSQL differences

· Experience migrating or replacing SQL Server databases

· Schema Consolidation (CRITICAL)

Proven experience merging multiple independent production schemas into a single authoritative database

Experience resolving conflicts across regions or teams

Additional Technical Requirements (As Requested)

Must Be Proficient and Experienced In:

· NodeJS and JavaScript

· HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind

· PHP

· PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server

· Git

· AWS and/or other cloud infrastructure platforms

· Serverless architectures (compute and database)

· Containerization technologies

· Kubernetes

· Docker / Podman

· UI/UX best practices

· Advantageous (Nice to Have)

Experience with:

· Neon

· Vercel

· Render

· Railway

Web server and networking knowledge:

· Apache

· NGINX

Real-time technologies:

· WebSockets

· WebRTC

Collaboration & Communication

· Comfortable working with international IT teams across time zones

· Able to explain database and schema decisions clearly

· Capable of balancing backend data integrity with frontend and application needs

· Strong documentation and communication skills

What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months)

• Unified CockroachDB schema approved by both domestic and international IT
• International PostgreSQL and domestic SQL Server data fully migrated
• Legacy databases retired or placed into read-only mode
• Kubernetes platform operational and supporting production workloads
• Clear, documented source of truth for all core data domains

Education

· Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology or equivalent.

Travel

· 5% of the time

Benefits

· We offer a competitive compensation package including Employee Stock Ownership Program, and full benefits.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Do you have production experience with CockroachDB?

Work Location: In person