Welcoming Data Egret – the new fresh look of PostgreSQL Consulting
You know how sometimes after a good productive day at work you feel that you’ve done it – you’ve achieved what you planned and you are just in the right place? Well, I rarely feel that way and I love it! I love the fact that every new day brings a new challenge, a new hard decision to make, a new client or a new colleague from whom I would be able to learn.
Since we started PostgreSQL-Consulting five years ago every day has been just like that – a new excitement and rush, problems and solutions, questions and answers and although it has been a while I feel that we’re just getting started.
To celebrate our five year anniversary and acknowledge this ever growing sense of excitement as of 1 March we will be changing our name to Data Egret.
This change is a result of our efforts to mirror the success of our company and promise to our clients to keep delivering personal, efficient and valuable support whenever they need it. We cherish personal approach and strong partnership that we developed with our clients and our rebranding will not change that.
PostgreSQL will remain at our core and we are grateful to be given the opportunity to contribute to its development and growth. PostgreSQL community is an amazing crowd to be a part of and I see it as my personal goal to make sure that as a company we continue to support it and share our knowledge and passion for database maintenance through our solutions and training opportunities.
So next time when you have that feeling that you already arrived, just remember that there is always another mountain ahead and a new challenge to embrace.
Yours truly,
Ilya Kosmodemiansky
CEO, Data Egret aka PostgreSQL-Consulting
PS Our official address, legal name, phone numbers and skype usernames will remain the same. New email addresses will be in the format of first initial followed by last name, however, you can also keep using our old ones.
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Digital Marketing Associate
We are seeking a dynamic Digital Marketing Associate (Social Media) to join our team and help us to grow our followers across social channels and magnify our message to our audience.
We are looking for somebody, who already has some experience in marketing and in social media specifically and is now looking to grow it further in a specialised industry – IT.
You will be responsible for building and maintaining a brand’s presence across multiple social media channels, including:
development of social media content plan for LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube,
creation of social media copy and visuals,
scheduling and publishing of content consistently across all platforms,
monitor social media trends and competitor activities to inform social media strategy,
measurement and reporting.
You will be working under guidance from Senior Marketing Lead.
Requirements:
Work experience in marketing at least 2 years (social media management experience is a plus),
Strong command of English is a prerequisite. Working command of German is a plus,
Background in IT is a plus,
Having attention to detail is very important,
Excellent communication skills in both editing and writing.
You will be expected to:
work independently and take ownership of your tasks and projects,
have a proactive approach – identify opportunities for improvement and take initiative in solving problems,
be organised and met deadlines.
As a company whose primary focus is the open source community, we are looking for someone who understands the open-source ethos.
Please apply with a covering message, your CV and availability to start.
Have questions about this opportunity?
Contact us! [email protected]
Marketing Assistant
Data Egret’s Marketing team is looking for a Marketing Assistant who will support our marketing efforts and contribute to our company’s growth. This entry-level role would be a perfect fit for someone looking to learn and grow in marketing.
About Data Egret
We are one of the leading consulting firms that provide support and strategic consulting services around the PostgreSQL database.
PostgreSQL was the database of choice among developers, according to the recent Stack Overflow survey, and has received the highest score from DB-Engines for several years, demonstrating a steady and impressive growth in popularity among Relational DBMS.
About you
You are enthusiastic, organised and reliable Marketing Assistant with a positive attitude and passion for marketing and communications and will have the following:
a skill of articulating complex ideas in a clear and accessible manner,
thorough attention to detail,
interest in growing your skills in the niche industry – IT,
a proactive approach: will identify opportunities for improvement and take initiative in solving problems or enhancing processes without needing constant guidance,
excellent analytical skills,
self-motivation: be organised, meet deadlines, and consistently deliver high-quality work with minimal supervision,
very good working level of English (German is a plus).
Location
This is a fully remote, EU/UK based position with occasional travel to Germany and Benelux.
What your day will look like:
You will be a part of the Marketing team and will assist in all aspects of marketing and communication activities at Data Egret. You will:
Assist with the planning and coordination of events and promotional activities (including content design and on-site support),
Develop promotional copy for emails, flyers, and the website,
Design a range of marketing materials based on the provided brief,
Provide day-to-day support to and work closely with the company’s Marketing Director,
Assist in running webinars and social media campaigns,
Assist in Digital Marketing activities (social media management, website content updates, SEO)
Please apply with a covering message, your CV and availability to start.
Have questions about this opportunity?
Contact us! [email protected]
WordPress Designer / Developer
We are one of the leading consulting firms that provide support and strategic consulting services around the PostgreSQL database.
PostgreSQL was the database of choice among developers, according to the recent Stack Overflow survey, and has received the highest score from DB-Engines for several years, demonstrating a steady and impressive growth in popularity among Relational DBMS.
We are seeking a skilled and creative WordPress Designer / Developer to join our growing team.
About you
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of both front-end and back-end development, with a keen eye for design and user experience. Reporting to the Marketing Director you will work to support Marketing department in their activities.
Your responsibilities will include:
Maintaining our WordPress websites
Designing and developing new elements and pages for the website as needed for our marketing team
The right candidate will be an enthusiastic team player and have the following skills:
Minimum of 3 years of experience working with WordPress and interest in further developing their skills
Solid understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).
Experience of integrating WP with third party systems via API would be a plus
Python and Django knowledge is a plus
Great attention to detail
Knowledge of security & website performance best practices.
Understanding of core web concepts (Domains, DNS, Hosting).
Good communication skills and a willingness to help support other team members.
Self-motivation: you will be organised, meet deadlines, and consistently deliver high-quality work without the need for micromanagement.
This is a full- (40 hours weekly) or part-time (20 hours weekly), remote position with core hours Monday to Friday 09:00-15:00
Please apply with a covering message, your CV and availability to start.
Have questions about this opportunity?
Contact us! [email protected]
Senior Sales Manager (Europe)
At Data Egret we truly love PostgreSQL the only true, community driven, disruptive (in a good way) powerful open-source database technology. PostgreSQL is disrupting the global Database Marketplace, which is projected to reach $154.6 billion by the year 2030.
All the evidence suggest PostgreSQL is going to play a major part of that, it already is!
Data Egret is a consulting firm offering advanced PostgreSQL administration services. We seek a Senior Sales Manager to help us grow our European client base and assist in the organic growth of our current customers.
The Senior Sales Manager will be responsible for all activities and interactions associated with driving revenue growth to expand Data Egret client base in Europe.
This is a full-time remote role; however, it is preferable that you reside in the UK, Germany or Benelux.
Experience required:
10+ years of enterprise IT sales experience, selling to C-level executives.
Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written in German and English, French would be a plus.).
Excellent time management and organisational skills
Experience working with distributed teams from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Excellent time management and organisational skills.
Key responsibilities:
Develop Sales plans and work with Marketing and Operations teams to implement and achieve success in lead generation.
Build strong C-level relationships resulting in growth opportunities within Europe.
Helping our prospects and customers to leverage the power of PostgreSQL through utilisation of Data Egret cutting edge support services.
Meet and exceed sales quota through outbound leads.
Qualify and cultivate leads generated from our website, trade shows and other marketing efforts.
You will have an opportunity for individual growth and will be able to tackle various aspects of sales cycle while working with dynamic team of colleagues and building upon your network and your experience to grow Data Egret sales.
As our first dedicated Sales Manager in a high growth area your responsibilities are sure to develop further, and you will play an increasing key part for the growth of the business over time.
We offer:
A competitive pay based on your experience and annual performance-based bonus scheme.
Full-remote working.
Flexible working hours.
Collaborative and open working environment where you are supported by your colleagues and can learn and thrive.
Have questions about this opportunity?
Contact us! [email protected]
Annual Subscription to PostgreSQL Service Desk
Would you like your developers to spend more time on new features and less on routine struggles with database performance?
We don’t want to sound like your mother, but having your databases checked regularly is really important for your application performance.
Our PostgreSQL Service Desk service is performed by DBA with 10+ years PostgreSQL experience who live and breathe Postgres. They will ensure that your databases have the security and high availability your application needs.
– PHASE 1 –
Audit and Optimisation
This is an induction phase, during which your databases will undergo a thorough review by our DBA, who will:
analyse load tune DB configuration
review your database monitoring data
review and optimise top query
assist in monitoring tool installation
set up auto-healthchecks
During this phase our DBA will be answering any questions regarding:
architecture
database configuration
OS configuration
high availability set up and replication
backup and recovery
upgrades (major and minor)
partitioning
scaling out and sharding practices
access privileges
support during migration to PostgreSQL
consult on hardware selection
locking and concurrency issues
Training
Your developers will also be able to receive an online training session from our experts to ensure they can address key PostgreSQL issues at an industry-standard level. (within your monthly hour limit)
– PHASE 2 –
Ongoing support
Once your databases have been audited and your team trained you will be moved to a subscription-based ongoing support. During this phase our DBA will be around to answer any questions and support in the following:
Questions related to database and OS configuration
Basic query optimisation
Questions that do not require an in-depth investigation
Post factum analysis of database outages (during working hours)
Autohealthcheck reports review (we notify you of any abnormalities)
Monitoring trigger review (we notify you of any abnormalities)
Price: from 10000€/year+VAT (for 2 PostgreSQL instances).
Annual Subscription to PostgreSQL Service Desk is a one-year contract.
Price includes:
up to 10 DBA hours monthly for the duration of Phase 1 (2 months) and
up to 2 DBA hours monthly for Phase 2 (10 months).
Overtime is billed at the end of each month at 250€/hour+VAT rate.
Subject to client’s installation specifications and databases access Phase 1 may take longer and require additional fee. This will be pre-agreed with client in advance.
SLA: Response time is provided as follows:
During Audit and Optimisation (Phase 1) Data Egret provides support with up to 3h response during working hours.
During the Ongoing support (Phase 2) we answer any questions via email with up to 24 hours response time during working hours.
If you are interested in shorter response times we suggest our 24/7 PostgreSQL Support services.
Database Access: Data Egret Service Desk Annual Subscription can be provided with or without access to databases, however without database access addressing any issues will require more time making the process less cost-effective.
Interested in learning more? Give us a nudge via email.
Senior PostgreSQL DBA
We are a consulting company that offers PostgreSQL administration services. We are looking for a seasoned PostgreSQL DBA specialist for a full-time remote position.
Who will you be working with?
Depending on the client’s team structure you will be working with either client’s DBAs, developers, DevOps, technical managers and CTOs.
Irrespective of client’s team structure you will be surrounded by best in class Data Egret PostgreSQL DBA, who have many years of experience supporting companies that work with PostgreSQL.
What skills will you gain?
In addition to harnessing your technical skills you will grow as a technical support specialist, who is able to listen to our clients, ask questions, review possible solutions with them, and be a reliable partner, who will be a valuable member of the extended client’s team beyond their expectations.
What will your job be like?
You will be the focal point to our clients when it comes to databases – figuring out why things don’t work the way they should, providing guidance and fixes to ensure that our client’s HA projects go like clockwork.
Here are a few examples of your day-to-day technical tasks:
Working with physical/logical replication.
Make changes in schema under load with minimum downtime.
Perform slow query analysis and optimization.
Implementing and troubleshooting backup and recovery practices.
Setting up and configuring Postgres.
Explaining to a customer how to use Postgres in the best way.
Finding and troubleshooting performance issues.
Perform minor and major PostgreSQL upgrades.
What do we expect from you?
You are a seasoned DBA with 2 or more years of experience in the management of high-availability clusters.
Have experience in optimizing complex SQL queries.
Enjoy working independently and leading an open dialog with clients in order to obtain the necessary information regarding client’s problems, identify the issue, offer and discuss with client possible solutions and communicate upon delivery.
You are a confident Linux user and know how to perform basic system administration (Ubuntu/Debian/RedHat).
Have general understanding of database theory.
Have basic knowledge of shell scripting (writing screens-lengthy scripts that will be understandable to other admins and to yourself a few months later).
You can write and especially read complex (and very complex) SQL queries.
You are a keen learner and eager to discover new solutions to old problems.
Important: This is a client facing role and the ability to communicate your actions and be able to reason with client is imperative.
What skills would be a plus?
Working knowledge of German would be a plus.
Familiarity with Patroni.
Experience with PostgreSQL in cloud (AWS, RDS etc.)
Familiarity with some DevOps tools such as Ansible/Docker/Kubernetes.
Experience performing recovery from a backup.
C programming skills and experience in analysing with perf/strace/gdb.
Administration experience with cloud platforms.
Interest in giving conference talks and/or writing technical blog posts.
You performed or supported through migrations to Postgres from other DBMS.
You know how to work with monitoring solutions (DataDog, Odarix, NewRelic, Zabbix, pgwatch2 or other services/tools), as well as working with PostgreSQL logs gathering and interpreting data.
Why choose Data Egret as your place of work?
You will be a part of one of the leading PostgreSQL DBA teams working in a consultancy that has been named a significant sponsor to PostgreSQL by the Postgres community.
You will be able to brush up your database administration skills on a multitude of databases in different environments and gain experience that would normally take you years to get working in-house within months.
We offer:
A competitive pay based on your experience and annual performance-based bonus scheme.
Full-remote working.
Flexible working hours.
An opportunity to work alongside DBA colleagues, who live and breathe Postgres and contribute to its development.
Support of your participation in conferences and other PostgreSQL community-related work.
Collaborative and open environment where you are supported by your colleagues and can learn and thrive.
Have questions about this opportunity?
Contact us! [email protected]
Join our team
Want to be part of our team? Our current vacancies are listed below, but we always welcome applications from specialists who are eager to learn and grow.
Our DBA provide training days for customers who are looking to upscale their developers on PostgreSQL.
Training program is developed based on our client’s specific requirements and is run by our highly skilled DBA.
tailored program, developed specifically to address your company’s business needs;
the knowledge and hands-on experience acquired during the training can be used by your team straight away;
training by one of the leading PostgreSQL DBA in the industry.
Workshops usually have hands-on elements, we therefore suggest limiting the number of attendees to a maximum of 15.
Looking to upscale your team with PostgreSQL know-how? Contact us now.
Health Check
Most emergencies leading to service unavailability and loss of your data can be mitigated and detected at an early stage with minimal effort. Data Egret Health Check will ensure a smooth running of your service, give you a headstart for your launch or migration and will allow better budgetary planning.
We will provide you a tailored offering based on your system specifications, however, below rates will give you an idea of pricing for our Health Check solution.
Package
Price*
PostgreSQL configuration analysis
from 500 €
Hardware and OS configuration analysis
from 600 €
Slow SQL queries analysis
from 500 €
Comprehensive performance Health Check*
from 3500 €
* For single PostgreSQL installation (1 master + 1 replica)
PostgreSQL Consulting
Whether you are looking for an immediate support for your system or an advice on how best to maintain it in a long run, our experts are there for you. A bundle of DBA hours that can be used for getting expert advice as well as hands-on assistance on:
Query optimisation
Architectural improvements
Performance tuning
Backup and recovery
With our PostgreSQL Consulting service our clients:
Improved their PostgreSQL performance
Established correct scaling strategy
Decreased response time of their services
Mitigated future emergencies
Increased uptime of their system
Have set up a reliable backup system
Established the PostgreSQL performance monitoring process
24/7 PostgreSQL Support offers you a combination of ongoing consultancy from our experts as well as round the clock support from dedicated team. To ensure smooth running of your systems and give you peace of mind we will be providing following services:
Dedicated Data Egret team
that will be your contact in case of any questions or concerns. Team that will be aware of your system’s specifications and will work on any arising issues within 15 minutes to an hour from enquiry.
Real time counsel
on everything PostgreSQL provided by our team of experts to your company developers and operations engineers.
Ongoing monitoring of your databases
that includes query performance, issues management and recommendation on performance improvements.
Regular upgrades
of PostgreSQL and related software.
Backup and recovery
that includes regular backup of your database and recovery solution with regular test recovery.
Basic
Premium
VIP
Incl. up to 5h/month DBA time
Incl. up to 15h/month DBA time
Incl. up to 30h/month DBA time
Slack, Mattermost, Telegram
Slack, Mattermost, Telegram
Slack, Mattermost, Telegram
Response time — 1 Hour
Response time — 1 Hour
Response time — 30 minutes
Up to 2 PostgreSQL instances
Up to 5 PostgreSQL instances
Up to 10 PostgreSQL instances
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