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Design and maintain scalable PostgreSQL schemas, indexing strategies, partitioning, and row-level security policies.
Manage Cloud SQL environments, including high availability, backups, point-in-time recovery, connection pooling, and database maintenance.
Optimize database performance through SQL tuning, index optimization, and workload management for transactional and reporting applications.

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Responsibilities: Design and maintain scalable PostgreSQL schemas, indexing strategies, partitioning, and row-level security policies. Manage Cloud SQL environments, including high availability, backups, point-in-time recovery, connection pooling, and database maintenance.

Design and maintain scalable PostgreSQL schemas, indexing strategies, partitioning, and row-level security policies. Manage Cloud SQL environments, including high availability, backups, point-in-time recovery, connection pooling, and database maintenance. Optimize database performance through SQL tuning, index optimization, and workload management for transactional and reporting applications.

Manage Cloud SQL environments, including high availability, backups, point-in-time recovery, connection pooling, and database maintenance. Optimize database performance through SQL tuning, index optimization, and workload management for transactional and reporting applications. Implement database monitoring, capacity planning, security hardening, access reviews, and compliance controls.

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SQL
Google Cloud (GCP)
PostgreSQL
Kubernetes

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PostgreSQL Database Engineer (Cloud SQL & GCP) Experience: 6+ years of PostgreSQL database administration and engineering experience, including hands-on expertise with Google Cloud SQL. Experience supporting high-volume transactional applications on GCP is required. Healthcare data management and PHI compliance experience is preferred.

PostgreSQL Database Engineer (Cloud SQL & GCP) Experience: 6+ years of PostgreSQL database administration and engineering experience, including hands-on expertise with Google Cloud SQL. Experience supporting high-volume transactional applications on GCP is required. Healthcare data management and PHI compliance experience is preferred. Key Skills:

Key Skills: - PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQL - SQL Performance Tuning & Query Optimization

- PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQL - SQL Performance Tuning & Query Optimization - High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), PITR

- Design and maintain scalable PostgreSQL schemas, indexing strategies, partitioning, and row-level security policies. - Manage Cloud SQL environments, including high availability, backups, point-in-time recovery, connection pooling, and database maintenance. - Optimize database performance through SQL tuning, index optimization, and workload management for transactional and reporting applications.

- Manage Cloud SQL environments, including high availability, backups, point-in-time recovery, connection pooling, and database maintenance. - Optimize database performance through SQL tuning, index optimization, and workload management for transactional and reporting applications. - Implement database monitoring, capacity planning, security hardening, access reviews, and compliance controls.

- Monitoring, Auditing & Performance Management - Cloud-Native Database Operations on GCP Responsibilities:

Responsibilities: - Design and maintain scalable PostgreSQL schemas, indexing strategies, partitioning, and row-level security policies. - Manage Cloud SQL environments, including high availability, backups, point-in-time recovery, connection pooling, and database maintenance.

- Cloud-native database architectures - Kubernetes and microservices environments - Advanced database security and governance practices

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PostgreSQL Database Engineer (Cloud SQL & GCP)

Experience: 6+ years of PostgreSQL database administration and engineering experience, including hands-on expertise with Google Cloud SQL. Experience supporting high-volume transactional applications on GCP is required. Healthcare data management and PHI compliance experience is preferred.

Key Skills:

PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQL
SQL Performance Tuning & Query Optimization
High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), PITR
Database Security, Row-Level Security (RLS)
Connection Pooling & Capacity Planning
Monitoring, Auditing & Performance Management
Cloud-Native Database Operations on GCP

Responsibilities:

Design and maintain scalable PostgreSQL schemas, indexing strategies, partitioning, and row-level security policies.
Manage Cloud SQL environments, including high availability, backups, point-in-time recovery, connection pooling, and database maintenance.
Optimize database performance through SQL tuning, index optimization, and workload management for transactional and reporting applications.
Implement database monitoring, capacity planning, security hardening, access reviews, and compliance controls.
Support application releases, schema versioning, incident management, recovery testing, and production troubleshooting.
Collaborate with development, architecture, and DevOps teams to ensure reliable, secure, and high-performing database services.
Provide database interfaces and support for platform integrations while ensuring data integrity and operational excellence.

Preferred Skills:

Healthcare data management, PHI/HIPAA compliance
Large-scale workflow and reporting platforms
Cloud-native database architectures
Kubernetes and microservices environments
Advanced database security and governance practices

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