Senior PostgreSQL & Oracle DB Engineer - High-Impact

Socket.dev; 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

Health Savings Account

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

DRW, a Chicago-based trading firm, seeks a Senior Database Engineer focused on PostgreSQL and Oracle to design, implement, and maintain mission-critical database environments. You will ensure performance, reliability, and disaster recovery across production and non-production systems, collaborating with system engineering and development teams in a fast-paced setting.

The role requires 5+ years in PostgreSQL and Oracle, strong UNIX/Linux capabilities, and expertise in clustering/replication,

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.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills essential.
• Proven ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment, prioritize multiple tasks and projects.

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 management

Communication

Agile

Job description

DRW, a Chicago-based trading firm, seeks a Senior Database Engineer focused on PostgreSQL and Oracle to design, implement, and maintain mission-critical database environments. You will ensure performance, reliability, and disaster recovery across production and non-production systems, collaborating with system engineering and development teams in a fast-paced setting.

The role requires 5+ years in PostgreSQL and Oracle, strong UNIX/Linux capabilities, and expertise in clustering/replication,