L3 Database Administration

Glasgow, Glasgow City
£425 - £475/day - Inside IR35

Our leading multinational investment bank and financial services client is currebtly looking for x2 L3 DBA's for the Database Administration of Greenplum/ Postgres/ Snowflake. The successful candidates will have extensive working knowledge on PostgreSQL, Snowflake and Greenplum databases.

Role 1 : Snowflake DBA

Role 2 : GP/PSG DBA (good to know Snowflake)

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Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

  • For Postgres - Database provisioning, maintenance, and upgrades
  • For Greenplum –
  • Data Migrations using gpcopy
  • performance optimization leveraging Statistics
  • Manage Db bloat, Understand and utilize GPTEXT for troubleshooting complex issues
  • experience in Greenplum utilities like gpload, pxf, and GP spark for efficient data loading and integration.
  • For Snowflake –
  • Data lakes, data structures and data models suited to Snowflake architecture.
  • Snowflake modeling – roles, schemas and databases
  • SQL and complex query writing
  • Expertise in Shell/Python/Ansible scription knowledge
  • Expertise in Patroni for HADR and streaming replication

Your responsibilities:

  • Snowflake internals and integration with other data processing technologies.
  • Data lakes, data structures and data models suited to Snowflake architecture.
  • Snowflake modeling – roles, schemas and databases.
  • Experience of building data ingestion pipelines with tools like Informatica, Talend etc.
  • Effective management of data from various sources like JSON, XML, CSV etc.
  • Expertise in Patroni for HADR and streaming replication.
  • Proven experience in performance tuning and optimization for Postgres/Snowflake and Greenplum.
  • Develop and maintain backup strategies to ensure data integrity and availability.
  • Perform data migrations using gpcopy and other tools, minimizing downtime and data loss.
  • Manage database bloat and leverage statistics for performance optimization.
  • Understand and utilize GPTEXT for troubleshooting complex issues.
  • Ensure database security, compliance, and adherence to best practices.
  • Knowledge of SQL and complex query writing.
  • Implement monitoring solutions to proactively identify and resolve issues.
  • Develop scripts in shell/Python/Ansible to automate routine database tasks and improve operational efficiency.
  • Cloud computing experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud

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