PostgreSQL Database Developer

Contact Government Services, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co in Chicago, IL is seeking a PostgreSQL Database Developer to join our Information Technology team. The role focuses on supporting a migration from Oracle to Postgres databases and managing these environments proactively.

The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of experience in PostgreSQL database administration and a Bachelor’s degree. Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, 401k, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience administering PostgreSQL Databases in Linux environments.
• Experience migrating Oracle schema to Postgres using Ora2Pg tool.
• Must be US Citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Support migration from Oracle to Postgres database.
• Ensure the availability and performance of the databases.
• Proactively monitor database systems to ensure secure services.

Skills

PostgreSQL Database Administration

Performance Tuning

Data Migration

Technical Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Ora2Pg

AWS RDS for PostgreSQL

Azure

Job description

PostgreSQL Database Developer

Employment Type: Full Time, Experienced level

Department: Information Technology

CGS is seeking a PostgreSQL Database Developer to join our team supporting a rapidly growing Data Analytics and Business Intelligence platform focused on providing data solutions that empower our federal customers. You will support a migration from the current Oracle database to a Postgres database and manage the database environments proactively. As we continue our growth, you will play a key role in ensuring scalability of our data systems.

Skills and attributes for success

• Drive efforts to migrate from the current Oracle database to Microsoft Azure Postgres database
• Create and maintain technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates, and gain an in-depth knowledge of the business data to propose and implement effective solutions
• Collaborate with internal and external parties to transform high‑level technical objectives into comprehensive technical requirements
• Ensure the availability and performance of the databases that support our systems, ensuring they have sufficient resources allocated to support high resilience and speed.
• Perform and assist developers in performance tuning
• Proactively monitor the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime and improve maintenance of the databases to include rollouts, patching, and upgrades
• Work within a structured and Agile development approach

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Must be US Citizenship
• 7 years of experience administering PostgreSQL Databases in Linux environments
• Experience with setting up, monitoring, and maintaining PostgreSQL instances
• Experience with implementing and maintaining PostgreSQL backup and disaster recovery processes
• Experience migrating Oracle schema, packages, views, triggers to Postgres using Ora2Pg tool

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience implementing and maintaining data warehouses
• Experience with AWS RDS for PostgreSQL
• Experience with Oracle databases
• Experience leveraging the Ora2Pg tool
• Experience working in cloud environments such as Azure and/or AWS
• Prior federal consulting experience

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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