Database Administrator with a focus on PostgreSQL | Fachinformatiker (m/w/d)
Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart
Job Summary
The Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart is seeking a skilled Database Administrator specializing in PostgreSQL to join their Technical Infrastructure and Security department within the Office for Digitalization, Organization, and IT. This role involves the full lifecycle of database management on Linux servers, including conception, installation, and operation of DBMS and databases, with a focus on high availability clusters, Proxmox, and containers. The successful candidate will ensure efficient database operations through monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, patching, and data backup/recovery, adhering to strict security, performance, and availability standards. Additionally, the position requires optimizing and automating routine processes, supporting departments with database architecture and technology queries, and providing consultation on database projects and service operations, all while maintaining Linux server administration for database purposes. This is a permanent position offering a stable work environment within a public service context.
Required Skills
Education
University degree in IT or comparable qualification, or completed IT vocational training with several years of relevant professional experience. For Beamte: gehobener informationstechnischer Dienst.
Experience
- Several years of professional experience in the advertised field (for those with an IT vocational training)
- Professional experience in conception, installation, and administration of PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and MongoDB databases and their HA solutions
- In-depth practical experience in SQL, Shell/Perl/PHP scripting
- In-depth knowledge of Linux server administration (Debian, RedHat)
Languages
Additional
- For foreign degrees from non-EU countries, recognition in Germany is required. For non-German certificates/degrees, a translation by a sworn interpreter/translator is required. Must be eligible for employment in the German public service (Besoldungsgruppe A 12 / Entgeltgruppe 12 TVöD).
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