PostgreSQL Database Support Engineer - AMERICAS (Remote) at Percona

Americas

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, DatabaseIndustries

Requirements

  • Good hands-on knowledge of PostgreSQL
  • Skilled with PostgreSQL ecosystem tools and technologies
  • Knowledgeable about performance tuning, query optimization, and index tuning
  • Experience with backup solutions such as pg base backup, pgBackRest, and WAL-G
  • Familiarity with high availability solutions (replication, routers, proxies, etc.)
  • Good understanding of monitoring requirements
  • Demonstrable experience of administering Linux-based systems
  • Ability to troubleshoot methodically, identifying and applying fixes for known errors, and thinking outside the box for complex issues
  • Ability to communicate findings clearly in email, instant message, or voice
  • Experience working with customers in English
  • Experience with PostgreSQL Provided tools and Contribution modules
  • Experience with Point-in-Time-Recovery

Responsibilities

  • Assist customer DBA teams with expert assistance
  • Gather relevant data and investigate issues
  • Provide detailed analysis of findings in a digestible format (email, IM, voice)
  • Perform screen-sharing sessions to help resolve issues
  • Author blog posts on interesting database topics
  • Answer questions on the Percona forum
  • Create articles for the customer-facing knowledge base
  • Host webinars
  • Potentially travel for team meetings, conferences, or customer visits

Skills

PostgreSQL
pg_basebackup
pgBackRest
WAL-G
Query Optimization
Performance Tuning
Index Tuning
High Availability
Replication
Linux Administration
Monitoring
Troubleshooting

Percona

Open-source database software and services

About Percona

Percona specializes in open-source database software and services, focusing on systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. The company enhances these databases to improve their speed and reliability, catering to over 3,000 clients globally, from small startups to large enterprises in various sectors such as technology, finance, and e-commerce. Percona's business model combines free open-source software with paid services, including consulting to optimize database performance and managed services for complete database management. They also offer Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM), a free tool for monitoring database performance. Percona stands out in the database management market due to its dual offering of free and paid solutions, making it a valuable partner for organizations that depend on effective data management.

Pleasanton, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2006Year Founded
$972.7KTotal Funding
GRANTCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Consulting, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
201-500Employees

Risks

Automated upgrades in PostgreSQL may cause compatibility issues for existing users.
Partnership with Lyrid could increase competition in the cloud-native database market.
New CTO appointment may lead to strategic shifts unsettling existing clients.

Differentiation

Percona uniquely supports both MySQL and MongoDB on traditional and cloud platforms.
They offer a mix of free open-source software and paid services for databases.
Percona is recognized for its expertise in database optimization and management.

Upsides

Growing demand for cloud-native solutions boosts Percona's open-source platform innovation.
Multi-cloud adoption presents opportunities for enhanced database management solutions.
AI-driven optimization tools offer potential for integration into Percona's products.

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