Postgres DBA

About the role

Strong knowledge of Postgres Architecture. Experience with different types of backup and restores in Postgres. Experience with database upgrade on minor and major versions. Hands-on experience on Database replication and point-in-time-recovery. Day to day operations and troubleshooting performance issues like load average, locks, blocking and long running sqls. Commonly used PostgreSQL configuration parameters and common system tables usage. Exposure to PostgreSQL maintenance tasks. Exposure to PostgreSQL deployments in cloud like AWS(RDS or EC2) or GCP. High-availability like Repmgr or pgpool or efm Exceptional experience administering multi-terabyte databases Aptitude to independently learn new technologies Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across multiple business and technical teams Background in building large database infrastructure supporting a high volume of transactions in a mission-critical environment Hands on experience on Kubernetes or any containerization technologies.

Responsibilities

• Experience with different types of backup and restores in Postgres
• Experience with database upgrade on minor and major versions
• Hands-on experience on Database replication and point-in-time-recovery
• Day to day operations and troubleshooting performance issues like load average, locks, blocking and long running sqls
• Commonly used PostgreSQL configuration parameters and common system tables usage
• Exposure to PostgreSQL maintenance tasks
• Exposure to PostgreSQL deployments in cloud like AWS(RDS or EC2) or GCP
• High-availability like Repmgr or pgpool or efm
• Exceptional experience administering multi-terabyte databases
• Aptitude to independently learn new technologies
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across multiple business and technical teams
• Background in building large database infrastructure supporting a high volume of transactions in a mission-critical environment
• Hands on experience on Kubernetes or any containerization technologies

Requirements

• Experience with different types of backup and restores in Postgres
• Experience with database upgrade on minor and major versions
• Hands-on experience on Database replication and point-in-time-recovery
• Day to day operations and troubleshooting performance issues like load average, locks, blocking and long running sqls
• Commonly used PostgreSQL configuration parameters and common system tables usage
• Exposure to PostgreSQL maintenance tasks
• Exposure to PostgreSQL deployments in cloud like AWS(RDS or EC2) or GCP
• High-availability like Repmgr or pgpool or efm
• Exceptional experience administering multi-terabyte databases
• Hands on experience on Kubernetes or any containerization technologies

Qualifications

• Experience with different types of backup and restores in Postgres
• Experience with database upgrade on minor and major versions
• Hands-on experience on Database replication and point-in-time-recovery
• Day to day operations and troubleshooting performance issues like load average, locks, blocking and long running sqls
• Commonly used PostgreSQL configuration parameters and common system tables usage
• Exposure to PostgreSQL maintenance tasks
• Exposure to PostgreSQL deployments in cloud like AWS(RDS or EC2) or GCP
• High-availability like Repmgr or pgpool or efm
• Exceptional experience administering multi-terabyte databases
• Hands on experience on Kubernetes or any containerization technologies

Skills

• PostgreSQL

Pay

• $53/hr on W2
• $60/hr on C2C

Schedule

• Onsite role