PostgreSQL DBA Engineer

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Overview

PostgreSQL administration and strong scripting and automation skills. The role is blend of software engineering practices and collaboration across DevOps Engineering and infrastructure teams with technical hands-on database automation build and testing of our database technology stacks and toolkits required for database provisioning automation database optimization and a resilient PostgreSQL database infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Database Management: Manage both major and minor releases of PostgreSQL databases and maintain and deliver enhancements to the PostgreSQL stack on RHEL consumed by DevOps teams

• Automation Solutions: Develop Automation frameworks and Scripts (using Bash Python and/or Ansible)
  Design Develop and test high Availability features and recovery strategies.

• API Integration: Build and integrate APIs for database management operations and automation workflows.
• Troubleshooting Automation: Resolve automation issues across scripting APIs and containerized environments.
• DevOps Engagement: Communicate effectively with DevOps teams to understand and address their database requirements and issues.

Required Skills

• PostgreSQL Database Administration: Proficient in managing and maintaining PostgreSQL Database Administration & tuning skills along withstrong experience with high availability solutions for PostgreSQL and backup/recovery strategies
• Automation Frameworks and Scripting: Develop automation frameworks and scripts using Bash Python and/or Ansible. Design develop and test high availability features and recovery strategies.

• Collaboration with DevOps and Architects: Partner with DevOps teams Architects to introduce and test new database technology stacks.
• Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot complex issues identify root causes engage with the vendor for problem tickets.
• Security and Compliance:Oversee security user management and compliance related findings across the PostgreSQL estate in collaboration with the DB Risk function

Nice to Have

• Observability Tools: Experience with tools like Prometheus Grafana and OpenTelemetry to enhance observability.
• Enterprise Tools Knowledge: Familiarity with enterprise tools such as Control M TrueSight Guardium Tenable Nessus and Delinea.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Comprehensive knowledge of building packaging testing and deploying CI/CD pipelines.

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