At Pythian we are experts in strategic database and analytics services driving digital transformation and operational excellence. Pythian a multinational company was founded in 1997 and started by ensuring the reliability and performance of missioncritical databases. We quickly earned a reputation for solving tough data challenges. We were there when the industry moved from onpremises to cloud environments and as enterprises sought more from their data we expanded our competencies to include advanced analytics.
Today we empower organizations to embrace transformation and leverage advanced technologies including AI to stay competitive. We deliver innovative solutions that meet each clients data goals and have built strong partnerships with Google Cloud AWS Microsoft Oracle SAP and Snowflake. The powerful combination of our extensive expertise in data and cloud and our ability to keep on top of the latest bleeding edge technologies make us the perfect partner to help mid and largesized businesses transform to stay ahead in todays rapidly changing digital economy.
Why you
Are you a PostgreSQL who lives in India (any location) Are you community minded Do you blog contribute to the Open Source community Are you inspired by evershifting challenges constant growth and collaboration with a team of peers who push you constantly to up your game At Pythian we are actively shaping what it means to be an opensource database engineer and administrator and we want you to be a part of the worlds top team of MongoDB Cassandra and MySQL professionals.
If this is you and you wonder what it would be like to work at Pythian reach out to us and find out!
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What will you be doing
As a PostgreSQL Consultant (DBC) you will work as part of Pythians open source team and supply complete support for all aspects of database and application infrastructure to a variety of our customers.
Our collaborative environment means everyone works together to solve complex puzzles and develop innovative solutions for our customers.
Youll work closely with the customer teams to understand their needs in both a project based and long term support capacity.
Youll create and document database standards create optimized queries indexes and data structure.
Monitor and support database environments and serve as an escalation point for complex troubleshooting and interactive production support.
Use database vendor provided tools and Pythian developed accelerators to performance tune various database system specific queries and applications scenarios.
Diagnose and address database performance issues using performance monitors and various tuning techniques.
Identify areas of opportunity and recommend appropriate improvement suggestions.
Crossfunctional training in NoSQL Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps methodologies are encouraged.
When youre not fixing things youll be authoring new blog posts on interesting topics for our opensource community to digest creating new articles in our customer facing knowledge base for more frequently seen issues and hosting webinars amongst other things like participating in conferences and meetups promoting Pythian to the open source community.
What do we need from you
While we understand you might not have everything on the list to be the successful candidate for the PostgreSQL & MySQL job you are likely to have skills such as;
Knowledge and experience in installing configuring and upgrading PostgreSQL & MySQL databases & tools relevant in PostgreSQL Administration.
Experience administering PostgreSQL & MySQL in virtualized and cloud environments especially AWS GCP or Azure.
Experience with scripting (bash/python) and software development (C Java Go)
Automation technologies such as Ansible Terraform Puppet Chef SALT experience.
Previous remote working experience a plus.
Debugging skills and the ability to troubleshoot methodically identifying and applying fixes for known errors and when necessary capacity to think outside of the box to resolve complex issues
Very good documentation skills.
Nice to haves include; Understanding of current IT service standards such as ITIL. Being a contributor to Open Source projects relevant to PostgreSQL MySQL or other database or infrastructure software.
Love your work/life balance: Flexibly work remotely from your home theres no daily travel requirement to an office! All you need is a stable internet connection.
Love your coworkers: Collaborate with some of the best and brightest in the industry!
Love your development: Hone your skills or learn new ones with our substantial training allowance; participate in professional development days attend training become certified whatever you like!
Love your workspace: We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS and an annual budget to personalize your work environment!
Love yourself: Pythian cares about the health and wellbeing of our team. You will have an annual wellness budget to make yourself a priority (use it on gym memberships massages fitness and more). Additionally you will receive a generous amount of paid vacation and sick days as well as a day off to volunteer for your favorite charity.
Disclaimer
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