Senior Cloud Database Engineer, Postgres

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About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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, 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
• 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

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

Benefits

• Learn from a vast pool of global PostgreSQL DBAs with over 500 combined years of industry experience
• Broaden your experience working with customers in many domains and environments
• Improve your familiarity with the many projects and variations surrounding Postgres; including AWS RDS, Aurora, Azure Flexible Server, TimescaleDB, Percona, Patroni, and many more
• Certifications would be covered by the company
• Grow and expand your technical skills in a modern environment

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees