Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia is hiring a Senior ICT Engineer – Postgres DB. As a technical expert, you will be responsible for building, monitoring, optimizing, and maintaining Postgres database environments. You will analyze data to identify optimization opportunities and validate technical approaches.
What You'll Do
- Administer, operate, and maintain Postgres environments.
- Design, implement, and optimize database architectures.
- Plan and execute installations, upgrades, migrations, and patching of Postgres DB.
- Monitor performance and tune Postgres databases.
- Implement backup & recovery strategies.
- Troubleshoot database issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
- Ensure availability, reliability, and high performance of database systems.
- Support high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) configurations.
- Create and maintain system and process documentation.
- Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and operations teams.
- Ensure adherence to security policies, compliance requirements, and audit standards.
- Contribute to automation initiatives and continuous service improvement.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Postgres administration.
- Strong understanding of Postgres architecture, components, and internal processes.
- Practical experience with installation, configuration, maintenance, performance tuning, backup & recovery, monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Solid knowledge of Postgres and ability to analyze and optimize complex queries.
- Experience with Linux Server environment (administration basics required).
- Analytical, systematic, and structured working style.
- Strong teamwork, communication skills, and customer-oriented approach.
- Ability and willingness to perform on-call duties.
- English language proficiency at Upper Intermediate (B2) level.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Oracle.
- Experience with PostgreSQL.
- Experience with MariaDB.
- Knowledge of High Availability solutions (AlwaysOn, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Mirroring).
- Command-line / shell scripting experience.
- Experience with support tools (e.g., PuTTY, monitoring dashboards, automation tools).
- German language skills.
Technical Stack
- Postgres, Linux Server
- Oracle, PostgreSQL, MariaDB
- High Availability solutions
- Command-line / shell scripting
- PuTTY, monitoring dashboards, automation tools
Team & Environment
You will be part of a team at operational services GmbH within Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia.
Benefits & Compensation
- Base salary not lower than 1850€ /brutto. Final salary is negotiable depending on seniority level and previous experience.
- Variable part and other financial benefits provided.
- Over 25 different benefits in areas: Financial benefits, Benefits with focus on learning and development, Benefits with focus on health and sport, Benefits with focus on family and work-life balance, Other benefits.
Work Mode
This is a local-country position based in Slovakia.
Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia is an equal opportunity employer.
