Datavail · 3 months ago
Senior Cloud Database Engineer, Postgres
4770, Baseline Rd., Boulder, CO, 80303, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expDatavail is a company that specializes in database management, and they are seeking a Senior Cloud Database Engineer to advise customers on Cloud best practices and support the operation and maintenance of data systems. The role involves working extensively with Postgres and collaborating with a team of database professionals to address unique customer problems and improve system performance.
HardwareSoftware
Responsibilities
Ensuring the uptime and reliability of Production databases
Designing and implementing high availability systems with streaming and logical replication
Managing the automation of backups and recovery
Assisting with Disaster Recovery planning and implementation
Learning about the broader Postgres ecosystem, including extensions, add-on products, and open-source projects that contribute to the functioning and management of the core database
Reacting to metrics and alerts around performance and capacity; and improving these alerts over time to provide better value and actionability
Operating in Cloud environments, and recommending the appropriate cloud-native tools for unique situations
Supporting application developers and working with customer engineering teams to provide meaningful, measurable results
Improving internal documentation, runbooks, and other resources to train the wider team on best practices and new techniques
Qualification
Required
At least 8 years of professional experience
4 or more years supporting databases, particularly Postgres, in a developer or operations role
4 or more years of hands-on experience working in a major cloud offering
Comfort and experience using a ticketing system such as ServiceNow or Jira to track and plan work, and communicate progress
Must possess strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills; with the ability to explain technical concepts to a wide audience
Experience with PostgreSQL databases whether on-premise or in the cloud, self-hosted, AWS RDS or Aurora Postgres, Azure Flexible Server, or other managed offering
Proven expertise troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving technical issues
Understanding of data architecture, relational database concepts, logical and physical database design
Ability to be visible and present throughout the workday on a remote-first team
Be available and responsive to handle customer requests, alerts, and other needs as they are discovered
Preferred
Experience with AWS or Azure preferred
Previous customer facing experience in a Solutions Architect or other consulting role strongly considered
Benefits
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Company
Datavail
Datavail is a managed services company providing remote database management facilities for businesses.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$60.69MKey Investors
ORIX Growth CapitalCatalyst InvestorsMeritage Funds
2024-01-16Acquired
2017-08-25Series Unknown
2015-12-16Series E· $47M
Leadership Team
Scott Frock
Chief Executive Officer
Anup Gopinathan
SQL Server DBA
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