Senior Cloud Database Engineer, Postgres

As a Senior Cloud Database Engineer, you will advise customers on Cloud best practices, support the operation and maintenance of data systems, improve scalability and observability, and bring a modern, platform-oriented approach to your work. You will grow your technical skills and get a first-hand view on trends as they are emerging in the wider industry.

You and the larger team of database professionals and developers will work on unique customer problems, monitor and interpret key metrics, and conduct regular reviews with your customers on the health of their systems. Most importantly, you will work extensively with Postgres, the world's most advanced open source database.

Must least 8 years of professional experience with:
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, with AWS or Azure preferred
Comfort and experience using a ticketing system such as ServiceNow or Jira to track and plan work, and communicate progress
Previous customer facing experience in a Solutions Architect or other consulting role strongly considered.
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
 

As the senior engineer you will be responsible for:

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

Why should you work at Datavail?

To learn from a vast pool of global PostgreSQL DBAs with over 500 combined years of industry experience.
To broaden your experience working with customers in many domains and environments
To improve your familiarity with the many projects and variations surrounding Postgres; including AWS RDS, Aurora, Azure Flexible Server, TimescaleDB, Percona, Patroni, and many more
Your Certifications would be on us
To grow and expand your technical skills in a modern environment

If you think you bring these skills and want a chance to build your career working with Postgres, please apply!

About UsDatavail is a leading provider of data management, application development, analytics, and cloud services, with more than 1,000 professionals helping clients build and manage applications and data via a world-class tech-enabled delivery platform and software solutions across all leading technologies. For more than 17 years, Datavail has worked with thousands of companies spanning different industries and sizes, and is an AWS Advanced Tier Consulting Partner, a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI and Digital & App Innovation (Azure), an Oracle Partner, and a MySQL Partner. About the Team We have extensive experience with just about everything in PostgreSQL. Our consultants, architects, DBAs, and database development team have extensive hands-on experience in traditional on-prem PostgreSQL and in Cloud too. Our experts have an average of 15 years of experience. They’ve overcome every obstacle in helping clients manage everything from databases, analytics, reporting, migrations, and upgrades to monitoring and overall data management.