Sr. Linux Engineer - PostgreSQL​/NoSQL Databases; Avilability

Overview

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Location
:
Houston, TX (On-site 4 days a week)

Salary
:
Open and will commensurate on experience

Must have the following
:
Sr. level Postgre

SQL/No

SQL Production administration, high availability & disaster recovery, strong on-prem Linux systems administration, scripting (Python/Ruby/Perl), Dev Ops mindset.

• Support and enhance highly available, high-performance database infrastructure for trading and research platforms
• Collaborate closely with development, investment, and infrastructure teams to design and support cross-platform database solutions
• Administer and optimize Postgre
  
  SQL environments, with exposure to No
  
  SQL such as Redis, Click House, and Microsoft SQL
• Design, implement, and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies
• Monitor, tune, and optimize database performance, indexes, triggers, and stored procedures
• Own database-related projects end to end, from design through deployment and production support
• Apply Dev Ops best practices to improve automation, reliability, and scalability

• 5+ years of database administration experience (Postgre
  
  SQL, No
  
  SQL - Click House, Mongo
  
  DB or Foundation
  
  DB acceptable)
• Hands-on experience with high availability architectures and disaster recovery planning
• Strong knowledge of database performance tuning and optimization
• Linux systems administration experience
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language:
  Python, Ruby, or Perl
• Working understanding of source control and software development lifecycle concepts
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical teams
• Strong problem-solving skills with a structured, iterative approach
• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

• Experience with additional platforms:
  Click House, Foundation
  
  DB, MSSQL, Mongo
  
  DB, Redis, Neo4j
• Exposure to configuration management tools such as Chef, Terraform, or Ansible
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Alert Manager, Thanos)
• CI/CD pipeline experience
• Cloud experience with AWS and/or GCP
• Virtualization and containerization experience (VMware, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Windows systems administration background

Postgre

SQL Database Administrator, Postgre

SQL DBA, database administration, high availability databases, disaster recovery, Linux systems administration, Dev Ops databases, cloud databases, AWS Postgre

SQL, GCP Postgre

SQL, database performance tuning, SQL optimization, Click House DBA, Redis databases, enterprise databases, scalable infrastructure, trading systems databases, monitoring databases, CI/CD databases, automation scripting, Python database scripting