Senior ICT Engineer – Postgres DB

Purpose

  We are looking for a Senior Database Engineer who will serve as a technical expert for building, monitoring, optimizing, and maintaining Postgres database environments.

 The role also includes analyzing datasets, identifying opportunities for optimization, improving performance, and validating technical approaches using data-driven methods.

 Team description    

Join the team at operational services GmbH within Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia, offering opportunities for German- and English-speaking talents. OS is one of the leading ICT service providers in the German market, delivering modern and secure IT solutions, long-term operational support, and ensuring availability of critical business processes for medium-sized and enterprise customers.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Administration, operation, and maintenance of Postgres environments
• Design, implementation, and optimization of database architectures
• Planning and executing installations, upgrades, migrations, and patching of Postgres DB
• Monitoring performance and tuning Postgres databases
• Implementing backup & recovery strategies
• Troubleshooting database issues, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions
• Ensuring availability, reliability, and high performance of database systems
• Supporting high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) configurations
• Creating and maintaining system and process documentation
• Collaboration with development, infrastructure, and operations teams
• Ensuring adherence to security policies, compliance requirements, and audit standards
• Contributing to automation initiatives and continuous service improvement