Database Engineer (PostgreSQL)

Mavlra Corporation
Plano, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Plano, United States of America

Tech stack

Databases
Relational Databases
Database Design
Database Security
Monitoring of Systems
PostgreSQL
Liquibase
NoSQL
Openshift
Performance Tuning
Query Optimization
Ansible
Prometheus
Grafana
Kubernetes Helm Charts
Database Performance
Indexer
Kubernetes
Terraform
Docker

Job description

Role: Senior Database Engineer (PostgreSQL) Location: Plano, TX (5 Days Onsite), * Design, implement, optimize, and maintain PostgreSQL database systems.

  • Perform query tuning, indexing, replication, backup, and recovery.
  • Monitor database performance and resolve performance bottlenecks.
  • Collaborate with application developers on database design and data modeling.
  • Support PostgreSQL upgrades, migrations, and database security.
  • Implement monitoring and observability using Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Participate in on-call support, incident management, and process improvement initiatives.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of overall IT experience.
  • 3+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL database engineering experience.
  • Strong expertise in PostgreSQL performance tuning, partitioning, replication, backup, and recovery.
  • Experience with pgBackRest, Barman, pg_stat_statements, pgBadger, and pgBouncer.
  • Experience with Liquibase or AtlasGo.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, Terraform, and Ansible.
  • Familiarity with Git/GitHub and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL Operators such as CloudNativePG or EDB Postgres is preferred.
  • Experience with Helm Charts, StatefulSets, and Red Hat OpenShift is a plus.
  • Strong understanding of relational databases, NoSQL databases, and data modeling.
  • Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

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