Postgres Operations Specialist

Our client requires the services of a **Operations Engineer **(Senior) - **Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation.
- **Amazing brand with cutting-edge technology**:

- **Excellent teams in Global team collaboration**:

- **High work-life balance with Flexible hours**:

- **Agile working environment**

**POSITION**:Contract until December 2026

**EXPERIENCE: 6-8 Years related working experience.**

**COMMENCEMENT**:As soon as possible

**QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE**
- BA/BS Degree, preferably in Information Technology, Engineering or related discipline or the equivalent of 4 years of related professional experience.
- 3 Years plus in a Mid to Senior role, more than 6 year plus total experience required.

**ESSENTIAL SKILLS**:

- Experience working with PostgreSQL in both on
- premises and in the cloud environments to build a data base access monitoring solution for PostgreSQL data bases
- In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including installation, configuration, and performance tuning.
- Strong understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, query optimization, and database administration and built in functions.
- Database security knowledge.
- Knowledge about cloud technologies.
- Familiarity with security auditing frameworks and best practices.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Basic experience with Linux - installation and operations processes.
- Linux Shell Scripting
- VI skills
- Experience with administrating Java Web-Applications.
- Scripting and use of XMLAPI functions.
- Experience in developing new solutions and doing concept work.
- Experience in developing process flows.
- Knowledge of information system concepts and technologies.
- Ability to interface with the business to meet requirements and targets.
- Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter
- Work experience with
- incident management,
- change management and
- problem management

**ADVANTAGEOUS TECHNICAL SKILLS**
- ITIL certification is advantageous.
- Basic experience with SPLUNK is helpful.
- Work experience with database auditing, logging and monitoring.
- Written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- Knowledge of data modelling and data visualisation tools.
- Cloud Experience: Familiarity with cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Understanding of cloud-based database services, such as Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and the ability to leverage cloud-specific features for managing database access.
- Soft skills
- Ability to work as part of a team, inter-dependant as well as independently and submit deliverables on time and in excellent quality.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.
- Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required.

**ROLE**:
**Service Window**
- 24 x 7 service window for both change and incident handling
- Tickets can be opened as service request or real incident tickets. The solution time is equal for both ticket types. There are no exceptions concerning public holidays.
- Service time DAM operations concerning ticket handling:

- Critical/High/medium/low: 7*24
- Solution time DAM operations concerning incident ticket handling:

- Critical: 1 Std.
- High: 4 Std.
- Medium: 17 Std.
- Low: 35 Std.
- Solution time DAM operations concerning service request ticket handling:

- Critical: 1 Std.
- High: 4 Std.
- Medium: 17 Std.
- Low: 35 Std.

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