PostgreSQL Developer Cloud Engineer - Database Platforms - Plano, TX

PostgreSQL Developer / Cloud Engineer Database Platforms

Location: Plano TX
Employment Type: Contract Corp-to-Corp (C2C)
Pay Rate: $50 $55 per hour (C2C)
Experience: 10 years in PostgreSQL development / database engineering
Focus Areas: PostgreSQL Database Migration Performance Tuning AWS / Azure IaC CI/CD

About the Role

Dhaka Technologies is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Developer / Cloud Engineer with 10 years of professional experience to support database development migration optimization and cloud platform engineering initiatives for a client in Plano Texas.

The ideal candidate brings strong PostgreSQL expertise hands-on experience migrating legacy relational databases to PostgreSQL and solid cloud engineering experience across modern infrastructure and deployment environments on AWS and Azure.

Key Responsibilities

PostgreSQL Development

• Design develop and maintain PostgreSQL databases schemas tables views indexes stored procedures functions and triggers.

Database Migration

• Plan and execute database migrations from legacy relational database platforms to PostgreSQL.
• Assess source and target database environments and identify migration risks dependencies and compatibility issues.
• Convert and optimize database objects queries and data models during migration efforts.
• Perform data transformation validation reconciliation and post-migration testing.

Performance Reliability & Support

• Tune PostgreSQL performance through indexing query optimization execution plan analysis and database configuration.
• Support backup restore replication and high availability strategies.
• Troubleshoot database performance issues migration defects and production incidents.
• Support production systems and participate in incident resolution and root cause analysis.

Cloud Platform Engineering

• Build and support cloud-based database and application workloads.
• Implement and support infrastructure as code CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Work with cloud networking monitoring access control and security best practices.
• Collaborate with application developers DevOps infrastructure and security teams to support platform modernization.
• Document technical designs migration plans operating procedures and support processes.

Requirements

• 10 years of professional experience in PostgreSQL development database engineering or related roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL development and administration.
• Proven experience leading or supporting database migration projects.
• Proficiency in SQL database design normalization and relational data modeling.
• Experience with stored procedures functions views triggers and indexes.
• Strong understanding of query optimization performance tuning and execution plans.
• Experience with ETL data transformation and data validation.
• Knowledge of backup restore replication and high availability concepts.
• Familiarity with transactions locking isolation levels and concurrency control.
• Cloud engineering experience supporting workloads in AWS and Azure.
• Experience with infrastructure as code CI/CD and deployment automation.
• Knowledge of cloud security networking monitoring and scaling practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues in database and cloud environments.
• Strong communication documentation and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience migrating from Oracle SQL Server MySQL or other RDBMS platforms to PostgreSQL.
• Experience with PostgreSQL extensions and advanced features.
• Experience with large-scale business-critical or enterprise migration projects.

Key Skills

PostgreSQL Developer Postgres PostgreSQL DBA Database Engineer Cloud Engineer Database Migration Oracle to PostgreSQL SQL Server to PostgreSQL MySQL PL/pgSQL Stored Procedures Query Optimization Performance Tuning Execution Plans Indexing Replication High Availability Backup and Restore ETL Data Validation AWS Amazon RDS Aurora PostgreSQL Azure Azure Database for PostgreSQL Terraform Infrastructure as Code CI/CD DevOps Cloud Security Monitoring Plano TX Dallas

How to Apply

Submit your updated resume through the Dhaka Technologies Careers page. Please include your current location availability C2C employer details and a short summary of the PostgreSQL migration projects you have delivered.

Dhaka Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.

Required Skills:

PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL Database Migration Oracle to PostgreSQL SQL Server MySQL SQL Data Modeling Stored Procedures Performance Tuning Query Optimization Replication High Availability ETL AWS Azure Infrastructure as Code Terraform CI/CD Cloud Security

Required Education:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience