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Postgres Database Engineer
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St. Louis, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, 63105, USA
Listed on 2026-10-12
Listing for:
Global Business Ser. 4u
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-12
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Database Administrator, AWS
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Title:
Postgres/Cassandra Database Engineer Job type:
Contract Duration: 12+ Months
Location:
St. Louis, MO
- Experience in the design, maintenance, and administration of EDB Postgres, Postgres Distributed and AWS RDS.
- Deep understanding of EDB Postgres architecture and internals.
- Proficient in PostgreSQL installation and configuration, especially PostgreSQL Plus Advanced Server and Postgres Distributed from EnterpriseDB.
- Skilled in PostgreSQL monitoring and alerting tools, particularly PEM. Familiarity with observability tools like Splunk and Dynatrace is a plus.
- Experienced in setting up, configuring, and monitoring PostgreSQL binary and logical replication (e.g., Binary Streaming, Bi-Directional Replication - BDR).
- Strong skills in collecting diagnostics and tuning PostgreSQL and SQL performance.
- Proficient in PostgreSQL procedural languages (PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python) and SQL.
- Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Experience in performance tuning and automation for Postgres and AWS platforms.
- Proficient in Linux, especially Oracle Linux Enterprise.
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as Bash, KSH, and Perl.
Postgres/Cassandra Database Engineer Job type:
Contract Duration: 12+ Months
Location:
St. Louis, MOAbout You On Postgres Skills
- Experience in the design, maintenance, and administration of EDB Postgres, Postgres Distributed and AWS RDS.
- Deep understanding of EDB Postgres architecture and internals.
- Proficient in PostgreSQL installation and configuration, especially PostgreSQL Plus Advanced Server and Postgres Distributed from EnterpriseDB.
- Skilled in PostgreSQL monitoring and alerting tools, particularly PEM. Familiarity with observability tools like Splunk and Dynatrace is a plus.
- Experienced in setting up, configuring, and monitoring PostgreSQL binary and logical replication (e.g., Binary Streaming, Bi-Directional Replication - BDR).
- Strong skills in collecting diagnostics and tuning PostgreSQL and SQL performance.
- Proficient in PostgreSQL procedural languages (PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python) and SQL.
- Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Experience in performance tuning and automation for Postgres and AWS platforms.
- Proficient in Linux, especially Oracle Linux Enterprise.
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as Bash, KSH, and Perl.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong collaboration skills to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Forward-thinking approach to infrastructure automation and scripting.
- Ability to work with global teams across multiple time zones.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and seek guidance when needed.
- Ability to understand application data requirements and recommend appropriate database solutions.
- Responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining EDB Postgres, PGD and AWS RDS database clusters to support large-scale platforms and applications.
- Create and manage fully functional database clusters across development, QA, and production environments, with experience in performance tuning.
- Review existing configurations and recommend improvements.
- Assist with planning and executing Postgres database upgrades and migrations.
- Provide day-to-day administrative support and maintenance for Postgres and AWS Aurora databases.
- Participate in production support and on‑call rotations as needed.
- Collaborate with Postgres and cloud vendors and utilize their support channels.
- Develop and implement backup strategies, perform upgrades, and apply patches.
- Identify inefficiencies and implement optimized solutions.
- Design and execute data and database migrations to new hardware or platforms.
- Lead best practices and database solution strategies at Mastercard.
- Work with management to plan and implement new tools and data services.
- Represent Database Engineering in strategic planning and long‑term direction.
- Support both internal and future cloud‑managed Postgres systems, define best practices, and drive automation and innovation.
- Collaborate with multiple application teams and developers.
- Assist in defining long‑term strategic goals for database development in alignment with stakeholders.
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