Freelance Senior Database Specialist

Doghouse Recruitment; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 102,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Doghouse Recruitment in Amsterdam seeks a senior PostgreSQL specialist for a three-month assignment. You will review the existing on-premise database, identify weaknesses, and implement improvements to drastically reduce recovery time. The role requires a strong PostgreSQL background and experience with incident response.

The engagement is a short-term consultancy with a potential extension to a permanent hire. English is the working language; Dutch is acceptable as well.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience in production environments.
• Experience with incidents and rapid recovery actions.
• Strong knowledge of backup, recovery, uptime and recovery-time objectives.

Responsibilities

• Review current PostgreSQL setup in the Amsterdam on-premise environment and assess resilience.
• Reconfigure and improve the database setup to reduce recovery time from days to hours; provide independent guidance.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Incident response

Backup and recovery

Uptime/RT0

Tools

Redis

MongoDB

Job description

Trading | Amsterdam | 3 months | ASAP | up to €90/hour

My client, an options market maker in Amsterdam, runs its most critical database on PostgreSQL. Traders depend on it every day, and it has never had a dedicated owner. They're looking for a senior PostgreSQL specialist who can come in quickly, review what's there and make it resilient.

The assignment

This is a clear, well-scoped project of around three months on the existing on-premise setup. The main goal is to bring the recovery time down from days to hours if something goes wrong. You'll review the current landscape, reconfigure and improve it, and advise on what needs to change. Think of it as an expert consultant coming in. You don't need to lead a team or coach others; the hiring manager handles that side.

What you bring

• 5+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience, running databases in production with real users.
• Experience with incidents: you've been there when things went down and you know what to do.
• Strong knowledge of backup, recovery, uptime and recovery-time objectives.
• The seniority to spot what's wrong and give clear, independent advice.

Nice to have: Redis or MongoDB. Trading experience is not required, since a strong PostgreSQL background from any industry counts.

Start as soon as possible, for about three months, with a possible short extension to hand over to a permanent hire. The rate is up to €90 per hour. The working language is English, and Dutch is fine too.