PostgreSQL

We are hiring PostgreSQL DBQ - Remote - Fulltime

As a Senior Database Administrator, responsibilities include:

o Real time monitoring

o Proactively monitor and manage a large database infrastructure across multiple applications

Troubleshooting

o Provide expert level troubleshooting to quickly identify and resolve database related incidents across a wide array of technologies and platforms

o Responsible for participating in root cause analysis and problem resolution

o Makes technical decisions during high priority incidents focused on impact remediation and communicates clearly to call participants and leadership

o Perform updates/changes during maintenance windows

o Understand current capacity issues and the capacity planning processes

o Work with team to review change requests

o Participate in software deployments

o Assimilate organizational objectives into operational action plans

Change Management

o Support a rigorous change control process including creating, reviewing, approving, and implementing change records for database activities

Vendor Management

o Engage, drive, and escalate issues with database vendors related to incident management

Problem Management

o Support a rigorous problem management process including problem creation and review database activities

Other duties as assigned

o Participate in special projects representing database operations on new implementations or troubleshooting deep dives

o Identify opportunities for automation of manual tasks

Should have:

o Has excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with clients, vendors, engineers, and managers at various levels

o Has the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical employees

o Has the ability to manage and prioritize multiple incidents with potentially competing priorities

o Collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates input from multiple sources

o Has the ability to work with a global team and apply knowledge to coach and mentor team members as required

o Is self-motivated, detail oriented, organized, thorough, and able to think outside the box

o Has a strong desire to learn and grow

Basic qualifications for consideration:

Bachelor s degree in computer science, business, or information technology or equivalent work experience

At least 6 years experience working as a PostgreSQL Server DBA in an Enterprise environment.

Experience with backup processes & procedures

Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills

The ability to document standard operational procedures

Knowledge and experience with capacity planning as it pertains to databases

Ability to work Autonomously and as part of a team

Other Database Platform (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra etc.) skills are plus.

Preferred Skills, Experience, and Education:

Experience with Cloud Technology concepts, topologies, and service models (PaaS/SaaS/IaaS, Azure, AWS) is a plus

Hands-on experience working with various recent versions of PostgreSQL. Experience with MYSQL and/or mongoDB is a big plus

Knowledge and experience with database management and other monitoring tools (Foglight, Splunk, Extrahop, Dynatrace, etc.)

Hands-on experience working with Server partition design and implement.

Knowledge and experience on database HA/ DR design and implementation, always-on grouping, replication, mirroring, and log shipping.

Knowledge and experience on design and support large database migration strategy.

Hands-on experience working with in-place database upgrade experiences on VM and physical servers.

Knowledge and experience on database service broker (or similar) troubleshooting is a plus