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PostgreSQL Database Developer
$107K–$145K
Chicago, IL +3 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Mar 6, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, IL
Remote
Hybrid
Detroit, MI - Experience
- 7 years of experience administering PostgreSQL databases in Linux environments.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be US Citizenship
About the job
Develop and maintain PostgreSQL databases while supporting a migration from Oracle to Microsoft Azure Postgres for a federal data analytics and business intelligence platform.
What you'll do
- Migrate Oracle database components to Postgres and manage database environments.
- Maintain database availability, performance, security, backups, and disaster recovery; assist with performance tuning.
- Create technical documentation and translate technical objectives into requirements with internal and external collaborators.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree
- US citizenship
- Experience administering PostgreSQL databases in Linux environments, including setting up, monitoring, and maintaining instances
- Experience maintaining PostgreSQL backup and disaster recovery processes and migrating Oracle schema, packages, views, and triggers to Postgres using Ora2Pg
Nice to have
- Experience with data warehouses, AWS RDS for PostgreSQL, Oracle databases, or cloud environments such as Azure and/or AWS
- Prior federal consulting experience
Pay
USD 106,773.33–144,906.66 per year (base salary)
Tools
PostgreSQL, Linux, Oracle, Microsoft Azure Postgres, Ora2Pg, AWS RDS for PostgreSQL, Azure, AWS
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