Senior Database Consultant, PostgreSQL at Pythian

, , Canada -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

13 Aug, 26

Salary

130000.0

Posted On

15 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

PostgreSQL Administration, Cloud Infrastructure, Bash Scripting, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Database Migration, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, Performance Tuning, Data Architecture, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Patroni, pgBackRest

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Why you: The Senior Database Consultant will provide comprehensive support for all database and application infrastructure aspects to a diverse client base. This role is crucial for delivering and consulting on services, as well as for implementing improvements and optimizations for managed services customers. If this is you, and you wonder what it would be like to work at Pythian, reach out to us and find out! Intrigued to see what a life is like at Pythian? Check out #pythianlife on LinkedIn and follow @loveyourdata on Instagram! Not the right job for you? Check out what other great jobs Pythian has open around the world! Pythian Careers What you will be doing: Database Management & Technical Expertise: Solution Design & Implementation: Coordinate, analyze, design, implement, and administer IT solutions, including database server configuration and ongoing maintenance. Infrastructure Analysis & Improvement: Analyze client infrastructure and processes, recommending best practices to enhance current operational procedures. This includes ensuring maximum uptime and recoverability for all databases. Backup & Disaster Recovery: Administer backup procedures and disaster recovery plans. This involves proactive monitoring to prevent issues, responding to alerts, and troubleshooting operational problems. Data Integrity & Recovery: Oversee backup, clustering, mirroring, replication, failover, and the restoration of corrupted databases. Action Plan Development: Develop and review action plans for maintenance, deployment, and upgrades, ensuring all relevant client documentation is completed. Maintain a thorough understanding of client information, including warnings, handoffs, and briefing notes. Data Architecture: Develop, implement, and maintain complex data architectures (e.g., normalized and/or dimensional data models and DDL generation). Perform data transformation and migration using scripts or stored procedures. Problem Management: Lead problem management efforts by assessing incidents for recurring patterns, designing technical procedures for regular requests and changes, and developing/reviewing action plans and associated documentation. Oncall: Participate equally in the team’s on call rotation, typically one weekend per month. Client Engagement & Communication: Client Commitments: Make, manage, and meet client commitments in collaboration with team members. Reporting & Communication: Prepare client status and incident reports, review client reports regularly, and respond to client requests and inquiries. Client Alignment: Maintain alignment with client operating procedures, including change control, and manage client allotments, alerting the Team Manager to any pacing concerns. Technical Client Affinity: Take on technical client affinity as assigned by the Team Manager. Process Improvement: Innovation & Improvement: Participate in and, at times, lead efforts to suggest, recommend, and potentially design/implement new monitoring checks, enhancements to DBC toolkits, and other process improvements (e.g., Initial Reviews, Performance Reviews, Audits). Focus on initiatives that increase the value Pythian provides to clients. What we need from you: Knowledge and experience in installing, configuring and upgrading PostgreSQL databases & tools relevant in PostgreSQL Administration. Experience administering PostgreSQL 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. 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 projects relevant to PostgreSQL, or other database or infrastructure software. Hands-on experience in monitoring PostgreSQL databases using industry-standard tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, SolarWinds, pgAdmin, Zabbix, Nagios and Datadog. Experience with cloud-native and managed database monitoring tools, including AWS CloudWatch, Google Cloud Operations (Stackdriver), and Azure Monitor. This includes configuring monitoring solutions, analyzing performance metrics, setting up alerts, and troubleshooting database issues in cloud environments. Experience in setting up, configuring, and administering PostgreSQL on Kubernetes is a nice-to-have. Knowledge in monitoring and observability solutions with Prometheus, Grafana is a nice-to-have. Experience with High Availability (HA) solutions for PostgreSQL, including Patroni, and repmgr, is required. The candidate should be proficient in configuring and managing automated failover, replication, and cluster health monitoring to ensure database resilience and minimal downtime. Additionally, experience with EnterpriseDB (EDB) solutions, such as EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD) for multi-master replication and EDB BigAnimal for managed PostgreSQL in the cloud, would be highly beneficial. Familiarity with automatic failover strategies, consensus-based leader election, and cloud-based database resilience is a plus. Experience with PostgreSQL backup tools, including Barman, pgBackRest, pg_basebackup, etc. is required. The candidate should be proficient in configuring full, incremental, and differential backups, as well as managing Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) and WAL archiving for disaster recovery. Experience in database migrations from different database engines, including Oracle, MySQL, and MSSQL, to PostgreSQL. Using migration tools such as ora2pg, AWS/GCP/Azure Database Migration Services (DMS), and other CDC-based techniques to ensure a smooth transition with minimal downtime. Experience migrating between on-premises and cloud-based databases. Experience analyzing and optimizing schema conversions, SQL compatibility issues, and performance tuning post-migration. Experience with Debezium and Striim is not mandatory but beneficial. What you will receive: Love your career: Competitive total rewards package. Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity. Love your work/life balance: Flexibly work remotely from your home, there’s 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 well-being 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. Hiring Disclaimer The successful applicant will need to fulfill the requirements necessary to obtain a background check. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in any aspect of the selection process. Pythian is looking to fill this position as soon as possible as this position is for an active and open position. AI Disclaimer Pythian may utilize Enterprise Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or features throughout its hiring process. These tools help us manage high volumes of applications efficiently and may be employed to review applications, analyze resumes, and assist with other recruitment steps. While Pythian uses AI in its hiring process, it does not substitute for human judgment. Our Talent Acquisition Team reviews all AI-generated recommendations, and the system is subject to regular bias audits to ensure fairness and compliance with all applicable employment and human rights laws. All final hiring decisions are made by, and remain the responsibility of, human decision-makers. By applying for this position, you consent to Pythian’s use of these AI tools in the evaluation of your application. You have the right to request a human review of any solely AI-driven decision or to request an accommodation. Should you require further details regarding the processing of your data, please reach out to us.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive database support, solution design, and infrastructure optimization for a diverse client base. Manage backup and disaster recovery plans while leading problem management efforts to ensure maximum database uptime.