Senior DBA Engineer

Company: Envoy
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 18, 2024

Job Description:

About the Role
The Envoy platform is a complex environment that relies heavily on Postgres DB storage to operate the Envoy platform. The PostgreSQL Database Administrator will fill a key role on our team to help us scale the platform as our customer base continues to grow. This person is responsible for configuring, administering, and maintaining these PostgreSQL database environments. They will work with the Software Engineering leaders to architect the platform for scale, and review teams' designs for DB scalability and resilience. Other responsibilities include database upgrades, patching, security, troubleshooting and issue resolution, backup procedures, and performance tuning.
This role will provide support and direction to developers and other support personnel as needed. Daily responsibilities include delivering the optics to the broader team to enable them to monitor the DB health and their team's impact on the DB, providing acceptable system performance, and assuring data is protected and recoverable as required.
This is a hybrid position that requires at least 3 days a week (Tuesday - Thursday) in our San Francisco HQ.
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• Perform Database maintenance - upgrades, patching, security, troubleshooting and issue resolution, backup procedures, and performance tuning
  
• Consult with software engineers and advise on optimizing query performance.
  
• Perform database health checks
  
• Plan and perform the database upgrades
  
• Work closely with the application team to understand changes planned, perform an impact analysis, and provide feedback.
  
• In consultation with the fellow engineers, will advise on alternative storage solutions, e.g. NoSQL or other
  
  You have
  
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  • Required Skills: 5+ year's hands-on database administration experience, with a minimum of 3 years in PostgreSQL.
    
  • Python scripting experience, or unix shell scripting experience.
    
  • Excellent understanding of PostgreSQL database concepts, performance tuning skills and structures
    
  • Clustering architectures
    
  • Exposure to AWS RDS/AWS is a plus.
    
    You are
    
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    • An exceptional writer and spoken communicator
      
    • Highly organized & autonomous
      
    • Comfortable and energized operating in a fast moving organization
      
    • Passionate about our product and working with Enterprise sized businesses
      
    • Enthusiastic about learning and growing at Envoy
      
    • Intellectually curious and ambitious
      
      You'll get
      
      
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      • A high degree of trust in your ideas and execution
        
      • An opportunity to partner and collaborate with other talented people
        
      • An inclusive community where you feel welcomed and cared for as a person
        
      • The ability to make an immediate impact helping customers create a great workplace experience
        
      • Support for your personal and professional growth
        
        
        Compensation description
        Envoy's compensation package includes market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, and great benefits. If you are located in San Francisco Bay Area, our expected cash compensation for this role is $190K - $220K (Annually). Final offers may vary within the range provided based on experience, expertise, and other factors.
        If you have any questions related to compensation, please contact Recruiting after you apply.
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