Sr. DBA

Description:

Participates in design, development and implementation of systems engineering activities, to include technical support, systems programming, and data center capabilities. Responsible for components of complex engineering and/or analytical tasks and activities. Assists in establishment of input/output processes and working parameters for hardware compatibility and coordination of subsystems design and integration of total system. Serves as a fully seasoned/proficient technical resource; provides tech knowledge and capabilities as team member and individual contributor. Initial assignment will be implementation of PostgreSQL.

Skills:

PostgreSQL, Linux, database administrator

Top Skills Details:

PostgreSQL,Linux,database administrator

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and administer PostgreSQL, including dependencies, in a Linux environment, in a highly available, clustered configuration.

• Build and maintain scripting/tooling/configuration to integrate PostgreSQL with internal auth and logging services.

• Maintain documentation, scripting and/or tooling supporting environment synchronization.

• Act as a consultant on a range of related technologies in a subject matter expert role.

• Develop software or system scripts to simplify or eliminate the dependence on human intervention for recurring tasks.

• Provide documentation to support configuration processes and procedures.

• Engage as a subject matter expert (SME) in Incident triage efforts, failure scenario modelling and work with Problem Manager to diagnose root causes for incident / problem management investigations.

• Work with Production Support teams to perform knowledge transfer, playbook updates and training for new monitoring capabilities.

Mandatory Skills

• Production engineering/operations experience (minimum 5-7 years)

• Experience in supporting infrastructure in a large enterprise environment.

• Strong experience as a Linux Systems Admin/Engineer with the ability to troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis

• PostgreSQL installation, configuration, and administration in a multi-datacenter environment

• Strong data in terms of schema design (tables, indexes, 3rd normal form, denormalization to optimize for performance, etc.)

• Experience working in a DevOps and CI/CD environment.

• Understanding of load balancing, clustering, and other “never down” strategies and techniques

• Good understanding of various protocols such as http/tcp/smtp/snmp/dns

• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent attention to detail

• Experience with patching of servers and hosted applications

• Strong problem-solving skills

Experience Level:

Expert Level

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