Overview This is a remote position.
Senior Database Specialist - PostgreSQL (Azure)
Start date asap 1 year engagement.
Senior level DBA experience (5 years) supporting Production Applications on PostgreSQL (Azure) & Microsoft s SQL Server platforms in a high pressure environment (e.g. Trading)
Contract details EU passport holder with remote or hybrid with a requirement to travel and work on-site in Switzerland or Spain for approximately one week every five weeks.
Responsibilities - Act as single point of contact & coordinate PostgreSQL (Azure) topics for the Database Services Team
- Define the best practice setup configuration and operation of PostgreSQL (Azure) systems for maximum security stability and performance
- Operating, managing & supporting PostgreSQL (Azure) & Microsoft SQL Server (on premise & Azure) solutions
- Implement and advise on Industry standard best practice and creative database solutions
- Work closely with Operations Development and Business teams to identify operational & performance issues
- Participate in the testing delivery and deployment of database improvements through the software development lifecycle and into production
- Use internal and external monitoring tools to identify trends in technical system performance
- Proactively lead and own database problems and incidents to resolution
- Implement alerting and processes to prevent and identify database issues to reduce operational and business impact
- Document and share knowledge to increase the overall technical understanding of the Operations and Development teams
- Communicate and cooperate with vendors on issue resolution
Requirements - Senior level DBA experience (5 years) supporting Production Applications on PostgreSQL (Azure) & Microsoft s SQL Server platforms in a high pressure environment (e.g. Trading)
- Demonstrable experience of defining & implementing best practice configuration & operating standards for PostgreSQL (Azure)
- Experience of migrating to PostgreSQL (Azure)
- High availability and DR solutions
- Production system monitoring across all levels of the technology stack (Network SAN Servers Database instance Database)
- Performance tuning
- A PLUS
- Microsoft s BI toolset : Analysis Services Reporting Services Integration Services & PowerBI
- Other database products & technologies exposure to Oracle.
- Exposure to automating tasks using Powershell or community solutions
- DevOps principles & tools
- Knowledge of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards and the principles of service delivery
Employment details - Employment Type: Full Time
- Experience : years
- Vacancy : 1
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