Database Engineer (PostgreSQL)

Description Database Engineer (PostgreSQL) Location: Farnborough, with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands Salary: £47,000 - £61,000 Clearance

requirements

For this position you must have been a UK resident for at least 10 years in order to meet the security clearance residency criteria

The Role

We are looking for a Database Engineer to join us on a permanent basis. You will apply practical database engineering and administration skills to support reliable data services across a number of critical UK sectors. This role is suited to someone with a solid technical foundation who is ready to develop further while working alongside experienced engineers.

You will help build, maintain and improve database services, contributing to solutions that are secure, scalable, supportable and sustainable. You will receive guidance on more complex work while taking responsibility for well-defined technical tasks and operational activities.

What will I be doing? You will work closely with the Data Architect, Senior Data Engineers and fellow Database Engineers as an integral part of the team. The team includes experienced specialists and developing engineers, providing opportunities to apply your current skills, learn from others and broaden your database engineering experience.

Your responsibilities will include

Working collaboratively with Database Engineers and wider delivery teams in an Agile environment Building, maintaining and operating PostgreSQL database environments in AWS Investigating and resolving database, data processing and performance issues, with support where required Evaluating tools and technologies and contributing to improvements to database platforms and operational processes Supporting the development and maintenance of database integration, migration and data processing processes Collaborating with engineering, testing and DevOps teams Contributing to task planning, effort estimates, dependency identification and technical risk discussions Supporting the controlled migration of test and sensitive production data Providing operational support for database services and escalating complex issues to senior engineers when appropriate What does Leidos need from me?

As a minimum you will have: Practical PostgreSQL database administration experience Good SQL skills; PL/pgSQL experience would be advantageous Experience with, or good working knowledge of, AWS database services such as Amazon RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL Experience with database migration or replication tooling; knowledge of AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) would be advantageous Experience work...

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