Data Migration Specialist

GKP Solutions, Inc.; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

GKP Solutions, Inc. seeks a senior database specialist with deep AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL expertise. The role focuses on performance tuning, schema migrations to PostgreSQL, and configuring the PostGIS extension for GIS workloads.

You will design and implement HA/DR architectures, establish cross-region replication, and automate failover processes while adhering to robust change management practices.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in AWS RDS and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Experience with performance tuning and schema migration from legacy databases to PostgreSQL.
• PostGIS spatial extension configuration for GIS workloads.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) architectures for PostgreSQL.
• Configure and manage cross-region replication and automated failover strategies.
• Apply strong DB change management practices across migrations and deployments.

Skills

AWS RDS

Aurora PostgreSQL

Performance tuning

Schema migration

PostGIS

HA/DR architectures

Cross-region replication

Automated failover

Change management

Logical replication

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS RDS

PostGIS

Job description

• Requires deep expertise in AWS RDS and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
• Including performance tuning, schema migration from legacy databases (e.g., Oracle/SQL Server to PostgreSQL)
• PostGIS spatial extension configuration for GIS workloads.
• Must demonstrate proven experience designing and implementing high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) architectures using
• Cross-region replication
• Automated failover strategies
• Strong understanding of database change management practices
• Logical replication