PostgreSQL DBA (SQL Server 2016 Required)

Top Skills' Details (must haves)

• Experience with SQL Server 2016 and above
• Experience with PostgreSQL 11 and above
• Experience with AWS; able to maintain AWS RDS and Aurora instances

Description:

• Our client is looking for a PostgreSQL DBA to support day to day tasks within their environment, as well as an upcoming project to upgrade 150 clusters to the most recent version of mySQL.
• The team is currently made up of 6 other DBA's, so the openness to learn and work with other database technologies outside of PostgreSQL is important for this opportunity.
• In addition to this, someone that can come in and evaluate their current implementation strategies and suggest solutions for better performance/efficiency would be a big asset to this team.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience with production workloads in an AWS ecosystem
• Experience with PostgreSQL 11 and above
• Experience with SQL Server 2016 and above
• Experience with maintaining AWS RDS and Aurora instances
• In-depth understanding of the database engine and strong performance tuning skills
• Troubleshooting experience with PostgreSQL and SQL Server high availability solutions
• Strong experience working with Unix/Linux and Shell Scripting
• Troubleshoot service outages as they occur, including after hours and weekends.
• Experience with Infrastructure as a code (IAC) such as terraform, or Cloud-formation is an added advantage
• Familiarity with database CICD process, concept, and tools
• Understanding of NoSQL databases is an added advantage.

Responsibilities:

• Work with developers and business analysts to create and modify database structure
• Monitor the performance of the database servers
• On-call support on a rotation basis (1 week every 6-7 weeks)
• Strong understanding and ability to configure and troubleshoot physical and logical replication in PostgreSQL
• Strong understanding and ability to configure and troubleshoot log shipping and Always-on HA solutions in SQL Server
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks both in on-premises and cloud
• Familiarity with deploying and managing PostgreSQL, SQL Server in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform), preferably AWS
• Perform database maintenance tasks, including backups/restores, updating statistics, rebuilding indexes, etc.
• Work with data engineers to help map data in our production databases to the data warehouse
• Maintain system security and data integrity
• Work with systems engineers to ensure optimal hardware and storage subsystems
• Develop, manage, and maintain a strong disaster recovery and high availability plan
• Install, upgrade, and patch the database servers
• Participate in code and design reviews
• Participate in production code pushes

The benefits available for this full time role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

About TEKsystems:

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