5 to 10 years administering databases such as Postgres, Oracle or MySQL, preferably in a cloud environment
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An understanding of Postgres internals and query analysis tools like explain plan, as well as DB performance monitoring tools like RDS Performance (Database) Insights
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Experience with Disaster Recovery / High Availability architectures
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Familiar with some “glue” languages (eg. Bash, Python, Ruby)
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Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
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Familiarity with AWS technologies including: RDS Aurora, RDS Proxy and Database Migration Services or their non-AWS equivalents
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Understanding of caching technologies like Redis and Memcache