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Signify Technology · 6 days ago

Sr. PostgreSQL Database Engineer

positionNew York, NY
timeContract
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$175K/yr - $225K/yr
date5+ years exp

Signify Technology is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer to join their team. In this role, the candidate will be responsible for managing and optimizing PostgreSQL databases, ensuring their performance, security, and reliability, while also supporting various aspects of the technology infrastructure.

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Responsibilities

Own/maintain various PostgreSQL clusters and instances across different environments (prod/dev/UAT) on Linux (bare-metal, virtualized and containerized)
Design and implement PostgreSQL database systems to meet business requirements (performance, HADR, etc.). Design/deploy/support appropriate data models and patterns
Optimize database performance: hardware, configuration, indexing, partitioning, etc
Write and optimize complex SQL queries for high-volume environments
Develop/deploy/support backup and disaster recovery procedures
Set up monitoring, alerting and proactive measures to maintain database health and performance
Diagnose and resolve database-related issues and provide timely solutions. Be able to reach below the database tier and troubleshoot OS, hardware, and network issues as well
Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to support database usage

Qualification

PostgreSQL DBALinux OSPerformance TuningQuery OptimizationContainerization DockerContainerization KubernetesScripting shellScripting PythonScripting PowerShellRDBMS/NoSQL technologiesEngineering mindsetCommunication skillsCollaboration skills

Required

5+ years working as a PostgreSQL DBA
Hand-on and daily work with Linux operating systems
Expert knowledge of PostgreSQL management: high availability (esp. Patroni), CDC (Change Data Tracking), security, replication, maintenance (backups, restores, vacuum, re-indexing), version upgrades, disaster recovery, legacy migrations, configuration, monitoring, alerting, etc
Strong experience in PostgreSQL Performance Tuning and Query optimization
PostgreSQL user best practices and the ability to evangelize/train
Excellent communication and collaboration skills. The ability to work with developers as well as other infrastructure team members
Skill with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and storage management
Strong Linux skills
An engineering mindset – robustness, debugging, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis
Experience with other RDBMS/NoSQL technologies (SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Kafka)
Scripting/coding: shell script, Python, PowerShell

Company

Signify Technology

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dateFounded in 2016
location
London, England, GBR
people-size11-50 employees
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https://www.signifytechnology.com/

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Leadership Team

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Samantha Smylie
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