Database Engineer (PostgreSQL)

Technology PostgreSQL, CockroachDB and/or other DB systems Barman Ansible Puppet Linux systems What you’ll do With your strong analytical skills you will focus on performance investigation, capacity planning and taking ownership of necessary improvements You will work on scaling and optimising our systems, investigating new technologies You are to take into consideration improvement points for our platform and bring in the necessary solutions to achieve best reliability and scalability methodologies You are responsible for keeping the databases running smoothly, keeping their environments up-to-date, managing users, provisioning and configuring databases and performing database switches etc You are keeping a watch over our alerting system, monitoring performance, helping improving query performance You are managing and testing back-up and recovery plans, ensuring that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly You are writing database documentation and procedures You are automating, testing and bringing in improvements on our processes Who you are You have 5+ years of experience working with PostgreSQL and/or CockroachDB, or have a very solid understanding of databases in general You have a strong sense of ownership towards projects, can take into account its technical requirements and follow up with the different stakeholders You can solve and follow up on unusual issues, whether individually or by collaborating with other team members You have an interest in expanding your knowledge about Databases, Infrastructure and Distributed Systems You are able to create and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues You are willing to keep up to date with newer technologies and security requirements You are proactive in bringing in improvements You are able to work under pressure if needed You have a strong interest in automation You are interested in contributing to the PostgreSQL community Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments  Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. ## Benefits Technology PostgreSQL, CockroachDB and/or other DB systems Barman Ansible Puppet Linux systems What you’ll do With your strong analytical skills you will focus on performance investigation, capacity planning and taking ownership of necessary improvements You will work on scaling and optimising our systems, investigating new technologies You are to take into consideration improvement points for our platform and bring in the necessary solutions to achieve best reliability and scalability methodologies You are responsible for keeping the databases running smoothly, keeping their environments up-to-date, managing users, provisioning and configuring databases and performing database switches etc You are keeping a watch over our alerting system, monitoring performance, helping improving query performance You are managing and testing back-up and recovery plans, ensuring that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly You are writing database documentation and procedures You are automating, testing and bringing in improvements on our processes Who you are You have 5+ years of experience working with PostgreSQL and/or CockroachDB, or have a very solid understanding of databases in general You have a strong sense of ownership towards projects, can take into account its technical requirements and follow up with the different stakeholders You can solve and follow up on unusual issues, whether individually or by collaborating with other team members You have an interest in expanding your knowledge about Databases, Infrastructure and Distributed Systems You are able to create and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues You are willing to keep up to date with newer technologies and security requirements You are proactive in bringing in improvements You are able to work under pressure if needed You have a strong interest in automation You are interested in contributing to the PostgreSQL community Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments  Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives ## Employment Details **Employment Type:** CONTRACT