Database Administrator

ECS Tech Inc

6h • $120,000 - $150,000 • Remote

About The Position

ECS is seeking a passionate PostgreSQL Server Database Administrator to support
a rapidly growing Data Analytics and Business Intelligence platform focused on
providing data solutions that empower our Federal customers. Your main priority
will be supporting migration/modernization efforts focused on managing
on-premise database environments proactively and ensuring database performance,
availability, and security. As we continue our growth, you will also play a key
role in ensuring scalability of our data systems in cloud/serverless database
environments.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain Public Trust Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in IT discipline
• 7+ years of experience with administrating PostgreSQL Databases in Linux environments
• Experience with setting up, monitoring, and maintaining PostgreSQL instances
• Experience with implementing and maintaining PostgreSQL backup and disaster recovery processes
• Experience implementing and maintaining data warehouses

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the availability and performance of the databases that support our systems, ensuring that they have sufficient resources allocated to support high resilience and speed.
• Performing and assisting developers in ongoing performance tuning and migrating databases to modern solutions within Azure cloud and serverless.
• Supporting the development team with in-depth analysis of database sources, ETL processes, and downstream reporting product utilization and complexity evaluations.
• Proactively monitoring the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime and improve maintenance of the databases to include rollouts, patching, and upgrades.
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates, as well as gaining an in-depth knowledge of the business data so you can propose and implement effective solutions.
• Working within a structured and agile development approach.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level