

Kalven Technologies, Inc
PostgreSQL DBA
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This role is for a PostgreSQL DBA with BDR experience in St. Louis, MO, offering a contract duration of over 6 months and a pay rate of $100,501.44 - $110,238.29 per year. Key skills include PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Linux, and Disaster Recovery expertise.
π - Country
United States
π± - Currency
$ USD
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π° - Day rate
501
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ποΈ - Date
October 9, 2025
π - Duration
More than 6 months
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ποΈ - Location
On-site
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π - Contract
Unknown
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π - Security
Unknown
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π - Location detailed
St. Louis, MO 63045
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π§ - Skills detailed
#Linux #PostgreSQL #Disaster Recovery #Automation #Replication #NoSQL #RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) #DBA (Database Administrator) #Scripting #Observability #BI (Business Intelligence)
Role description
PostgreSQL DBA with BDR expSt. Louis MO Onsite The RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced PostgreSQL/PGD Operations Engineer(L3/Senior) to join our team. In this role, you will be the guardian of our critical databaseinfrastructure, ensuring its health, performance, and availability. You will be a key player in ahigh-impact environment, directly responsible for keeping mission-critical systems runningsmoothly.What Youβll DoMaintain the health, availability, and performance of our PostgreSQL/PGD environments.Manage database failovers and lead incident response, owning the runbooks andprocesses to ensure a swift and effective resolution.Perform performance tuning and optimization to meet high-scale, low-latency demands.Rapidly scale out new database builds across multiple regions.Participate in an on-call rotation to provide timely support for production issues.What You BringRequired Skills & ExperienceExtensive Production PostgreSQL Experience: You must have deep expertise indatabase operations, performance optimization, and implementing High Availability (HA)and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.PGD/PDR Expertise: Proven experience with bi-directional replication usingPostgreSQL/PGD/PDR is essential.Cassandra Operations: Strong operational knowledge of Cassandra for high-scale,low-latency workloads.RDBMS & NoSQL Fundamentals: A solid understanding of database fundamentals,with the ability to quickly diagnose and resolve replication and availability incidents.Linux Operations: Proficiency in Linux environments for day-to-day operational tasks.βOn-Call Discipline: Experience and a calm demeanor for handling production incidents.Preferred SkillsFamiliarity with legacy Db2/mainframe systems and card-network transaction patterns.Experience with multi-region rollouts and production change management for regulatedor mission-critical systems.A strong automation and observability mindset, including experience with runbooks,scripting, and metrics to reduce Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) and increase buildthroughput.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $100,501.44 - $110,238.29 per year
Work Location: In person
PostgreSQL DBA with BDR expSt. Louis MO Onsite The RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced PostgreSQL/PGD Operations Engineer(L3/Senior) to join our team. In this role, you will be the guardian of our critical databaseinfrastructure, ensuring its health, performance, and availability. You will be a key player in ahigh-impact environment, directly responsible for keeping mission-critical systems runningsmoothly.What Youβll DoMaintain the health, availability, and performance of our PostgreSQL/PGD environments.Manage database failovers and lead incident response, owning the runbooks andprocesses to ensure a swift and effective resolution.Perform performance tuning and optimization to meet high-scale, low-latency demands.Rapidly scale out new database builds across multiple regions.Participate in an on-call rotation to provide timely support for production issues.What You BringRequired Skills & ExperienceExtensive Production PostgreSQL Experience: You must have deep expertise indatabase operations, performance optimization, and implementing High Availability (HA)and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.PGD/PDR Expertise: Proven experience with bi-directional replication usingPostgreSQL/PGD/PDR is essential.Cassandra Operations: Strong operational knowledge of Cassandra for high-scale,low-latency workloads.RDBMS & NoSQL Fundamentals: A solid understanding of database fundamentals,with the ability to quickly diagnose and resolve replication and availability incidents.Linux Operations: Proficiency in Linux environments for day-to-day operational tasks.βOn-Call Discipline: Experience and a calm demeanor for handling production incidents.Preferred SkillsFamiliarity with legacy Db2/mainframe systems and card-network transaction patterns.Experience with multi-region rollouts and production change management for regulatedor mission-critical systems.A strong automation and observability mindset, including experience with runbooks,scripting, and metrics to reduce Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) and increase buildthroughput.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $100,501.44 - $110,238.29 per year
Work Location: In person