Ampcus Inc · 1 month ago
Database Engineer III – PostgreSQL
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$70/hr - $75/hr
8+ years expAmpcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. They are seeking a Database Engineer III to perform and manage tasks related to the operation, support, administration, optimization, and maintenance of client-owned databases and database tools.
Data ManagementInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Install, configure, patch, and upgrade database software PostgreSQL
Produce detailed technical architecture designs for PostgreSQL solutions
Support of production and non-production PostgreSQL databases
Support of production and non-production databases: Correct issues reported in production system
Support routine and ad-hoc IT DBA requests
Update documentation, if required as part of correcting production issues
Implement and monitor daily and nightly database maintenance jobs
Monitor, diagnose, and respond to system failure and performance issues, taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of the problem
Work with technical staff, including network engineers and software developers, to analyze and improve system performance
Formulate and implement backup and monthly maintenance procedures for PostgreSQL Production clusters
Serve as technical support for any database related performance or access issue
Generate ad-hoc and routine reports and define metrics for database health and performance
Administer, maintain, develop and implement policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of company databases
Leading the team in providing technical support for any database-related performance or access issue
Perform or affect the performance of all database installations, patches, and planned upgrades
Implement data models and database designs, data access and table maintenance codes
Resolve database performance issues, database capacity issues, replication, and other database issues
Perform database related development as dictated by departmental or project demands
Design and perform data migrations and data transformations as required by application delivery teams or business customers
Develop and maintain documentation, diagrams, and procedures and comply with company’s change management control process
Ensure that all database designs adhere to industry best practices
Work with application delivery teams during database design
Possess substantial knowledge about application and database performance profiles of all databases under their management
Represent the IT department in terms of database expertise in coordination with other departments
Qualification
Required
Experience with PostgreSQL database Administration, 8 Years required
Production support experience on (PostgreSQL), 8 Years required
Experience with Puppet deployment tool, 3 Years required
Good understanding of Monitoring Tools such as PEM and TOAD, 4 Years required
Expert level of PostgreSQL knowledge and experience with PostgreSQL 9.5 5, Years required
Experience with database characteristics such as table design, relationships, data partition, efficient indexes, storage allocation, Capacity planning, etc., 7 Years required
High Availability Solutions (Master-Master, Master-Slave) and sharing, 5 Years required
Experience in performance tuning and load testing of databases, 7 Years required
Knowledge of NoSQL database security concepts, 5 Years required
Experience in supporting PostgreSQL databases in Cloud (Google, AWS, etc.), 3 Years required
Linux/Unix platforms and Linux Shell scripting, 5 Years required
Display strong ability in troubleshooting complex issues, 5 Years required
Experience with high availability database and application architectures, 3 Years required
Preferred
EDB PostgreSQL Certification
You have experience with NoSQL databases, such as Couchbase, MongoDB etc
Experience with agile software development such as SCRUM and XP
Company
Ampcus Inc
Ampcus is a global IT and business staffing and consulting firm specializing in digital solutions and human capital management.
1001-5000 employees
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