Job Description
As a PostgreSQL Database Engineer, you will ensure that the PostgreSQL design, development and version currency is aligned with the needs of GSK Business Units. The position will develop along with the PostgreSQL Product Owner and Database Architect the strategies for PostgreSQL that will be used within GSK. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate sound technical capabilities along with strong communication skills to design and build globally capable solutions.
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following
- Build, package and test solutions for deploying new releases of PostgreSQL ensuring the solutions are compliant with GSK standards and policies, required technical and support documentation is created, and audit readiness is maintained.
- Interface and ensure alignment with other GSK Tech teams on emerging technologies for database, compute, storage, data protection and disaster/recovery infrastructure.
- Drive database version currency and security compliance by building, packaging and testing solutions for upgrading as well as applying quarterly security packages for PostgreSQL databases. Work with operational teams to incorporate these solutions into the release process.
- Develop technical design documents as needed to support strategies.
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology or business related field
- 3+ years extensive knowledge of PostgreSQL database technologies as well as Linux operating system in an enterprise environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Demonstrated knowledge of deploying PostgreSQL databases in Azure and/or Google in an enterprise environment
- Demonstrated knowledge of PostgreSQL third party tools such as barman, repmgr and pgdump
- Demonstrated experience in in working with IT service owners and 3rd Party solution providers to develop service or improve process performance
- Demonstrated experience in the design, delivery and execution of automated and self-service database solutions for a global internal and external audience
- Demonstrated experience with shell scripting including bash, ansible playbooks, and PostgreSQL scripting
- Deep knowledge of enterprise compute, storage and database infrastructure solutions
- Performs a broad range of activities without guidance, with significant personal autonomy, delivering sustainable value-added outcomes in a range of contexts
- Demonstrated experience working in an agile environment
- Proven ability to map business requirements to technical solutions
- Demonstrated process and service improvement skills
- Actively contributes to the opensource PostgreSQL community
- Demonstrated experience with migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL