Summary
Do you enjoy seeing the connection between your daily work and real customer experiences, between cloud technologies and optimal system performance, and between automation and your team’s performance?  If so, this is your gig. We’re in the Cloud and want to go deeper. We’re an agile shop and want to go further. Come join our team to see how far we can go.
 
Responsibilities
Responsible for database administration tasks including installations, upgrades, migrations, security patches, backups/ restores, space allocation, etc on Development, Test, Staging, and Production database instances.
Provide application support and monitoring in a high volume production environment, and lead efforts in troubleshooting and resolution of application issues.
Assist senior DBA and DevOps team with implementing database architecture and design plans.
Assist multiple software development teams with new feature development and testing, including data modeling, modifications to schemas, performance tuning, etc.
Try on other DevOps hats to support the team as we migrate to AWS, build a new automated pipeline, and more.

Job Requirements

• Database and Application Server Administration experience working with Postgres (9.3+), PostGIS, and DB clustering technologies.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in database administration, development and support.
• Requires a BS/BA in computer science or a BS/BA coupled with relevant experience.
• Experience with shell scripting, PL/PGSQL or PL/SQL.
• Experience with version control systems like Git, and build automation tools like Jenkins and Liquibase.
• Red Hat Linux production environment with high uptime requirements.
• Strong drive to rigorously apply best practices to ensure stability and performance. 
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• US Citizen with ability to obtain a secret clearance.
• Ability to be on rotational 24x7 on-call support, with flexibility to work off-hours/nights and/or weekends as needed.

Other Preferred Experience

• AWS experience, especially with CloudFormation, RDS, S3, and security.
• Experience with Blue/Green deployment methodologies.
• Use of monitoring tools like pg_badger and the ELK stack.
• Additional DBA working knowledge (Oracle, MySQL, SQLServer).
• Experience working in an Agile environment.

Location

Westminster, CO

DigitalGlobe offers a generous compensation package including a competitive salary; choice of medical plan; dental, life, and disability insurance; a 401(K) plan with competitive company match; paid holidays and paid time off.