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Database Administration

PostgreSQL DBA

Run enterprise PostgreSQL and lead migrations to it from Sybase and Oracle, with strong performance engineering.

Location: Singapore, South Africa, Netherlands, UK and Middle East. Remote or hybrid.

ContractMid to seniorRemote or hybridSingapore · South Africa · Netherlands · UK · Middle East

Overview

Run enterprise PostgreSQL and lead migrations to it from Sybase and Oracle, with strong performance engineering.

PostgreSQLDBADatabaseMigrationDatabaseEngineeringAWS

What you'll do

  • Design, build and administer PostgreSQL
  • Migrate Sybase and Oracle to PostgreSQL, including schema and code conversion
  • Validate and reconcile data for migrations
  • Tune performance and optimise queries
  • Run replication, high availability, backup and point-in-time restore
  • Run AWS-hosted PostgreSQL on RDS and Aurora
  • Support migrated applications in production

What you bring

  • Hands-on PostgreSQL DBA experience in enterprise estates
  • Proven migration experience to PostgreSQL
  • Strong SQL, PL/pgSQL and stored-procedure skills
  • Performance tuning and execution-plan analysis
  • HA and backup tooling such as Patroni, pgBackRest or Barman
  • Linux and shell scripting
  • Incident and change-management discipline

You don't need every item on this list. If most of it fits, send your CV.

Nice to have

  • Sybase ASE or Oracle as a migration source
  • AWS DMS and AWS Schema Conversion Tool
  • PgBouncer, Pgpool-II or connection pooling
  • Logical replication and change data capture
  • Terraform, Ansible or database automation
  • EDB Postgres certification
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