Senior Database Engineer

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🕒 June 29

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CES Family of Companies

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51 - 200 employees

🤝 B2B

🛍️ eCommerce

🍽️ Food & Beverage

B2B • eCommerce • Food & Beverage

CES Family of Companies is a collection of strong brands focusing on providing food equipment, supplies, and services across the Midwest. The company serves a variety of food-related markets, including restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, and meat processing facilities. By maintaining independent brands while sharing best-in-class resources, CES Family of Companies aims to enhance customer value and operational efficiency in the foodservice industry.

📋 Description

• Validate backup and recovery plans to meet RPO/RTO objectives for PostgreSQL and other DBMS environments • Support high availability and reliability across PostgreSQL AWS RDS/Aurora environments • Maintain database security through AWS IAM integration, parameter groups, and encryption standards • Monitor workloads and query performance for optimal system behavior • Participate in Database On-Call Rotation • Diagnose database issues at SQL and engine layers; collaborate with development teams for solutions • Identify automation opportunities using scripting, cloud-native tooling, or observability platforms • Perform performance tuning using EXPLAIN/EXPLAIN ANALYZE and monitoring tools

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of PostgreSQL DBA/DBRE experience in 24×7 production environments • Strong experience with AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL • Strong SQL and PL/pgSQL skills • AWS RDS Certified Professional is preferred • Backup/recovery strategies and HA/DR concepts • AWS security practices (IAM, KMS, encryption) • Performance tuning and query optimization • Scripting for automation (Python/Bash) • Troubleshooting and root cause analysis • Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Retirement plans • Paid time off • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development