Infrastructure DBA/ Database Engineer

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an

• Provide guidance and support to Application Developers
• Assist with schema design, code review, SQL query tuning
• Install, tune, implement and upgrade DBMS installations
• Write and deploy SQL patches
• Upgrade and improve application schema and data upgrades
• Process work accurately and in a timely manner
• Always paying attention to the detail
• Urgency
• Proactively and regularly make recommendations for system improvements
• Collate, prepare, and present statistical information for internal and external use
• Platforms we manage, Postgres, Oracle, Oracle ASM, SAP Sybase, Sybase RepServer, SAP Hana, Redis, Cassandra
• W r ite new database programs and maintain existing programs to ensure they can handle the flow of traffic and the amount of data being stored in the database.
• Help design new databases based on company needs, data storage needs, and the number of users accessing the database.
• Continuously monitor databases and related systems to ensure high functionality.
• Write new support programs and scripts for databases to deploy, operate, increase data storage capacity, and fix existing database problems.
• Troubleshoot database code, checking for potential problems that affect database functionality and related database programs.
• Database engineers look through coding language to debug existing database scripts and programs.
• Database engineers review daily, weekly, and monthly database reports, including user reports and systems information, to spot problems and ensure that all databases and support systems are working at peak levels.

• Bachelors Degree
• Requirements
• 5+ years' experience deploying, configuring, and supporting Postgres Databases
• Experience with PostgreSQL 11+ and pgbouncer
• Required Technical Expertise in Postgres based technologies related to administration:
• Expertise in Installation, Upgrade & Patching of different components of the Postgres ecosystem
• Experience with Postgres Replication including setup, troubleshooting issues and failovers
• Monitor all Postgres systems (work processes, users, system logs, short dumps, locks, developer traces, system traces, disk space, etc.).
• Provide routine maintenance including problem defect analysis and resolution, space, storage, object management, physical database layout, rollback segment management, and temporary space management
• Experience with Schema creation, deployment, and maintenance
• Should know how to setup memory limits for users, change configurations etc
• Carry out recovery of databases in an event of log full, system crash
• Experience in Linux
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-disciplined and highly motivate
• Scripting experience, Shell, Python, GO, etc
• Experience migrating to Postgres from other platforms.