Job Description
Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you'll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.
About the team
The GTO Database team at FIS provides production and client support for multiple on-line and banking applications. We are looking for talented PostgreSQL DBA resource to be a part of this dynamic team that willgrow with the growth of the solution.
What you will be doing
- Meets commitments and provides excellent customer service at all times with internal and external clients.
- Provides status reports (written and/or verbal) that are detailed to tasks and difficulties encountered - enables managers to initiate escalation if necessary and assess areas where changes or additional support may be warranted.
- Ensures issues resulting in customer outage is escalated appropriately through GTO management.
- Provide day to day support for development team/developers
- Provide DBA on-call support
- Assists application groups with design development that meet current and future business requirements:
- Participates in logical design process with the Application Development team for additional requirements in the design to insure optimal database architecture and infrastructure are put in place for assurance of high availability, recoverability and responsible for the physical design/implementation.
- Provides specific direction on infrastructure design to support applications.
- Participates as a member of development support team on projects.
- Follows and meets project timelines and deadlines.
What you bring:
Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.
- Plan, install, and configure PostgreSQL database systems (i.e. PostgreSQL v9.x to v13.x and EDB Postgres Advanced Server v9.x to v13.x) that meet business objectives and the needs of end-users.
- Plan and carry out the upgrade and migration of databases.
- Develop, implement, and test database backup and recovery plans.
- Manage database and data security by controlling access to data through authentication, authorization, and auditing.
- Perform tests to ensure database performance and security, as well as data integrity.
- Document and administer database policies, procedures, and standards.
- Troubleshoot and debug problems in existing database systems, and find new ways to improve their speed, functionality, and scalability.
- Experience as a Postgres DBA, with advanced hands-on knowledge of:
- Database setup
- Security
- Replication
- Performance tuning
- Disaster recovery
- SQL Query Optimization
- REPMGR v4.x or v5.x / EFM (Enterprise Failover manager) v3.x or v4.x
- BARMAN v2.x/PgBackRest v2.x/BART v2.x
- Pglogical v2.x/EDB XDB Replication v6.x
- BDR Replication (multi-master replication)
- Knowledge of Linux system administration, including configuration and automation tools such as Ansible, Python and Shell scripting
- Should know ITIL concepts and hands on SNOW would be good.
- Participating in 24x7 on-call rotation and being available to perform weekend OS/DBA maintenance activities on database servers.
- Experience with container technology (Docker/Kubernetes) is a plus.
- Strong AWS or Azure knowledge and experience
What we offer you
- Attractive benefits including private medical cover, dental cover, 401K, and travel insurance
- A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
- A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities
- The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in financial services & technology
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EEOC Statement
FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here
For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Sourcing Model
Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.
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