Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer

08 Nov 2024

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Position Title: Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer

Client: Leidos/SSA

Location: Baltimore, MD

Key Required Skills: PostgreSQL Community Edition

Position Description:The Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer has subject matter expertise and experience functioning as a PostgreSQL database engineer and administrator, supporting our customer by providing design, build, configuration, test, update, documentation, implementation, operational support, and upgrades for PostgreSQL server databases in multiple infrastructure environments. The candidate shall demonstrate extensive knowledge in PostgreSQL database administration, support, best practices, automation and configuration tools, testing, tool integrations, and communication. The candidate shall demonstrate knowledge of cloud solutions and services in a hybrid cloud environment. The candidate must be self-motivated and show initiative to support and promote solutions that enhance the modern development environment.

Required Skills:
  • Excellent ability to communicate with team and customer regarding activities supported.
  • Knowledge of automated methods and best practices for installation and configuration of PostgreSQL and other SQL product tools
  • Knowledge of the PostgreSQL architecture
  • Knowledge of how indexes, index management, integrity checks, configuration, patching, how statistics work, how indexes are stored, how they can be created and managed effectively.
  • Implementing operational automation.
  • Documentation skills for creating processes and procedures
  • PostgreSQL database operational support skills for educating application development and testing users
  • Database performance factors, monitoring tools and tuning procedures
  • Database Management skills, including backup and recovery procedures
  • Skills in productivity factors and ability to understand impact of problem on overall database performance
  • Knowledge of fault detection and resolution processes
  • Skills in database maintenance tools and procedures
  • Experience with scripting tools

Desired Skills:
  • Knowledge of Social Security Administration (SSA) modern development environment
  • Additional experience with alternative database products such as NoSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, GreenPlum
  • Two years of experience using Python with PostgreSQL

Education: Bachelor's Degree with 7+ years of experience.

  • ID: #22390975
  • State: Maryland Baltimore 21201 Baltimore USA
  • City: Baltimore
  • Salary: $60 - $70
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2021-11-08
  • Deadline: 2021-12-18
  • Category: Et cetera