PostgreSQL Database Developer

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Massachusetts; On-site; USD 106,773 - 144,907; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a PostgreSQL Database Developer to join the IT team. The role focuses on migrating from Oracle to Azure PostgreSQL, maintaining scalable database environments, and ensuring high availability.

You will work across our data analytics platform to deliver reliable data solutions for federal customers. The ideal candidate has extensive PostgreSQL experience on Linux, plus Oracle migration skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• 7+ years of PostgreSQL administration in Linux environments.
• Experience setting up, monitoring, and maintaining PostgreSQL instances.
• Experience with backup and disaster recovery for PostgreSQL.
• Experience migrating Oracle schema, packages, views, triggers to Postgres using Ora2Pg.

Responsibilities

• Migrate from Oracle to Microsoft Azure PostgreSQL database.
• Create and maintain technical documentation using templates and knowledge of business data.
• Collaborate with internal and external parties to translate objectives into requirements.
• Ensure availability and performance of databases supporting systems.
• Assist developers with performance tuning.
• Monitor databases for security, downtime and maintenance (patching, upgrades).
• Work within an Agile development approach.

Skills

Oracle to PostgreSQL migration

PostgreSQL administration

Linux

Performance tuning

Documentation

Agile development

Database security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ora2Pg

Azure

AWS (RDS for PostgreSQL)

Job description

PostgreSQL Database DeveloperEmployment Type: Full Time, Experienced levelDepartment: 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.

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Drive efforts to migrate from the current Oracle database to the new Microsoft Azure Postgres database
• Create and maintain technical documentation, using defined technical documentation templates, as well as 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 that 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
• Create and maintain technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates, as well as gaining an in-depth knowledge of the business data to propose and implement effective solutions
• Work within a structured and Agile development approach

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Must be US Citizenship
• 7 years of experience with administrating 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 with working in cloud environments such as Azure and/or AWS
• Prior federal consulting experience

Our Commitment:Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting-edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our client’s specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.

For the past seven years, we’ve been growing our government-contracting portfolio, and along the way, we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.

Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come.

We care about our employees. Therefore, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.

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

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.

#CJ$106,773.33 - $144,906.66 a yearWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com or contact: Email: [e-mail]