Summary: The PostgreSQL Engineer role in a leading FinTech company involves designing, implementing, and supporting AWS Aurora and PostgreSQL database systems. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and focuses on database optimisation, performance tuning, security implementation, and creating high availability and disaster recovery solutions. This is an initial 6-month contract with a competitive daily rate. The role requires proven experience in PostgreSQL database engineering and related technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and support AWS Aurora and PostgreSQL database systems.
• Optimise database performance and tuning.
• Implement security measures for database systems.
• Design data extraction techniques.
• Create high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.
• Support SQL Server to PostgreSQL migrations.
• Engage in infrastructure and storage design.
• Understand and apply database security strategies.

Key Skills:

• Proven knowledge of PostgreSQL database engineering and support.
• Experience with AWS Aurora.
• Strong database optimisation and performance tuning skills.
• Excellent SQL skills.
• Experience with SQL Server to PostgreSQL migrations.
• Knowledge of infrastructure and storage design.
• Understanding of high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies.
• Database security understanding.

Salary (Rate): 600

City: South London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT