PostgreSQL Database Consultant

What will you be doing?

• As a PostgreSQL Consultant (DBC) you will work as part of Pythian's open source team and supply complete support for all aspects of database and application infrastructure to a variety of our customers. 
• Our collaborative environment means everyone works together to solve complex puzzles and develop innovative solutions for our customers. 
• You'll work closely with the customer teams to understand their needs, in both a project based and long term support capacity.
• You'll create and document database standards, create optimized queries, indexes, and data structure.
• Monitor and support database environments and serve as an escalation point for complex troubleshooting and interactive production support.
• Use database vendor provided tools and Pythian developed accelerators to performance tune various database system, specific queries and applications scenarios.
• Diagnose and address database performance issues using performance monitors and various tuning techniques.
• Identify areas of opportunity and recommend appropriate improvement suggestions.
• Cross-functional training in NoSQL, Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps methodologies are encouraged.
• When you're not fixing things, you'll be authoring new blog posts on interesting topics for our open-source community to digest, creating new articles in our customer facing knowledge base for more frequently seen issues, and hosting webinars amongst other things like participating in conferences and meetups promoting Pythian to the open source community.

What do we need from you?

• While we understand you might not have everything on the list, to be the successful candidate for the PostgreSQL & MySQL job you are likely to have skills such as;
• Knowledge and experience in installing, configuring and upgrading PostgreSQL & MySQL databases & tools relevant in PostgreSQL Administration.  
• Experience administering PostgreSQL & MySQL in virtualized and cloud environments, especially AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Experience with scripting (bash/python) and software development (C++, Java, Go)
• Automation technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, SALT experience.
• Previous remote working experience a plus.
• Debugging skills and the ability to troubleshoot methodically, identifying and applying fixes for known errors, and when necessary, capacity to think outside of the box to resolve complex issues
• Very good documentation skills.
• Nice to haves include; Understanding of current IT service standards such as ITIL. Being a contributor to Open Source projects relevant to PostgreSQL, MySQL or other database or infrastructure software.

What do you get in return?

• Love your career: Competitive total rewards package with excellent take home salaries, shifted work time bonus (if applicable) and an annual bonus plan!
• Love your development: Hone your skills or learn new ones with an annual training allowance; 2 paid professional development days, attend conferences, become certified, whatever you like!
• Love your work/life balance:  3 weeks of paid time off and flexible working hours. All you need is a stable internet connection!
• Love your workspace: We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and budget to personalize your work environment!  
• Love your community: Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity.