Pythian is hiring a
PostgreSQL Administrator

Summary

The job is for a PostgreSQL DBC role at Pythian, a remote position based in India. The candidate will provide support for database and application infrastructure, work closely with customer teams, create and document database standards, monitor and support database environments, diagnose and address performance issues, and contribute to the open-source community.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• Work as part of Pythian's open source team and supply complete support for all aspects of database and application infrastructure to a variety of customers
• 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
• Author new blog posts on interesting topics for the open-source community, create articles in the customer facing knowledge base for more frequently seen issues, and host webinars amongst other things like participating in conferences and meetups promoting Pythian to the open source community

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package with excellent take home salaries, shifted work time bonus (if applicable) and an annual bonus plan!
• Hone your skills or learn new ones with an annual training allowance; 2 paid professional development days, attend conferences, become certified, whatever you like!
• 3 weeks of paid time off and flexible working hours. All you need is a stable internet connection!
• We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and budget to personalize your work environment!
• Blog during work hours ; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity