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Hello

My name is Eric Meyer and I am the in-house corporate recruiter for EnterpriseDB.  We are looking for two US based Sr. Postgres Consultants

Job Description Link = https://www.enterprisedb.com/careers/positions

Please apply directly online or email me at eric.meyer@enterprisedb.com

Thanks
Eric

Senior Postgres Database Consultant(Remote w/ travel)

Willing to let right candidate work out of a home office anywhere in the US with practical access to air travel.

Position Summary:

PostgreSQL is a rapidly growing open source database project, and EnterpriseDB is at the forefront of making PostgreSQL successful in enterprises of all sizes. Key to making our customers successful is a world class consulting organization. We are looking to hire great people to keep up with the pace of our customers. We are looking for a customer facing person who can work on site and remotely with clients to deliver EnterpriseDB technical services. This includes understanding their business, developing recommendations, coding, and delivering training where appropriate. The ideal candidate has a strong blend of people skills and in depth knowledge of database deployments, and has the ability to organize weak or vaguely constructed customer requirements, and turn them into successful engagements with the customer. Communication skills, both written and verbal are as important as technical skills. In addition to delivering technical services, this person in this role will provide feedback to sales and sales engineering for new business opportunities, as well as working with development engineering on helping to define the evolution of our products. This position requires significant travel.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate customer deployments of PostgreSQL, Postgres Plus and Postgres Plus Advanced Server and make recommendations on how to improve them.
• Work to develop Services proposals to achieve customer needs/targets.
• Familiarity with programming languages like C, C++, PHP, python, Java or Ruby to guide customers in the development of custom Postgres-based applications
• Deliver PostgreSQL Postgres Plus and Postgres Plus Advanced Server courses over the web and on site.
• Perform database Migrations from Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL to PostgreSQL
• Performance tune and make performance tuning recommendations to existing database deployments
• Set up High Availability configurations using PostgreSQL
• Implement backup strategies and performs upgrades and patching
• Develop architectures to migrate data and entire databases; implement and deliver on the architecture migrating databases

Qualifications:

• Have a Bachelor or Masters of Science in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
• At least three years of DBA level experience for PostgreSQL or Oracle
• Be well versed in SQL
• Be familiar with database design and building applications for PostgreSQL, Oracle, or other databases
• General system administration and performance skills for Linux, (Ubuntu, Centos, Redhat, or Debian), including facility with scripting.
• Working knowledge of MS Windows.
• Have strong time management skills, and the ability to balance multiple coincident demands.
• Must be able to travel up to 60%+
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Skills:

• Working directly with customers
• Excellent trouble shooting skills
• Proficient with PostgreSQL community version and PostgreSQL Plus Advanced Server (PPAS) commercial version installation and configuration
• Proficient with PostgreSQL /PPAS tools EDB’s PostgreSQL Enterprise Manager (PEM), EDB’s Backup and Recovery Tool (BART)
• Proficient with database tuning and use of PostgreSQL tools such as PgBadger, EDB’s PgStatsPack, EDB’s DRITA
• Proficient with PostgreSQL replication technologies Binary Streaming Replication, EDB’s xDB Replication, Logical Replication via Slony, Londiste
• Proficient with PostgreSQL architecture
• Proficient with PostgreSQL networking, HBA and connection pooling (PgBouncer, PgPool) Working knowledge of OLTP/DSS/DW system design
• Working knowledge of scripting languages, BASH, KSH, Python, Perl etc.
• Have experience deploying open source software
• Working with virtual teams and from remote office locations

Eric Meyer

Sr Corporate Recruiter

EnterpriseDB

Work = 603-893-1000

Cell   = 603-265-6500

Skype = enterprisedbrecruiter

eric.meyer@enterprisedb.com

www.enterprisedb.com