Senior PostgreSQL & Oracle Database Engineer

P2P; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with employer match

Disability insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

DRW in Chicago is seeking a Senior Database Engineer focused on PostgreSQL and Oracle to design, implement, and maintain mission-critical database environments. You will optimize performance, manage backups, and collaborate with systems and development teams to meet evolving business needs.

The role requires 5+ years of PostgreSQL and Oracle production experience, strong UNIX/Linux skills, and a disciplined approach to SDLC and change management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production PostgreSQL database engineering experience.
• 5+ years of production Oracle database engineering experience desired.
• Strong UNIX/Linux skills.
• Experience with clustering, replication and mirroring a plus.
• Strong knowledge of database performance tuning and configuration tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage and optimize various database platforms and related OS environments.
• Perform database performance and query tuning.
• Implement and maintain production and non-production databases.
• Perform database backups, restores, log shipping, mirroring and replication, etc.
• Work with system engineering team on database server installations, configurations, system performance tuning and capacity planning.
• Collaborate with development teams on database design, implementation and usage optimization.
• Respond to production and business-critical issues and needs.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Oracle

UNIX/Linux

Clustering/Replication

Performance Tuning

SDLC/Change Mgmt

Teamwork

Job description

DRW in Chicago is seeking a Senior Database Engineer focused on PostgreSQL and Oracle to design, implement, and maintain mission-critical database environments. You will optimize performance, manage backups, and collaborate with systems and development teams to meet evolving business needs.

The role requires 5+ years of PostgreSQL and Oracle production experience, strong UNIX/Linux skills, and a disciplined approach to SDLC and change management.