Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.

• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.

• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

 

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

 

Working@AIS

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Lead Data Analytics Engineer.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Masters SQL and data architecture; builds end-to-end pipelines on cloud platforms; ensures security and compliance; leverages APIs and advanced AI/ML; plans and leads projects and team resources.

• Work & Complexity: Owns full lifecycle delivery; resolves ambiguous, enterprise-scale problems; shapes technical direction and project outcomes.

• Quality & Independence: Establishes best practices and performance metrics; oversees QA for major initiatives; operates with wide decision latitude.

• Teamwork & Communication: Leads teams implementing complex solutions; aligns with business objectives; serves as primary liaison to executives; drives structured feedback.

• Consulting & Engagement: Advises executive stakeholders on strategic data initiatives; leads consulting teams; embeds innovative, data-driven

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Senior Database Administrator.

Overview:

The Senior Database Administrator will design, implement, and maintain robust PostgreSQL database architectures supporting mission-critical applications. This role ensures high performance, availability, and security while collaborating with development teams to optimize database interactions.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement database architectures for performance, availability, and security.

• Oversee installation, configuration, and maintenance of PostgreSQL databases.

• Conduct performance tuning of queries, stored procedures, and indexing strategies.

• Develop and implement backup, recovery, and failover procedures.

• Assist in designing and developing data models and database solutions.

• Collaborate with development teams to optimize database code in application layers.

• Provide guidance on database best practices to IT staff and stakeholders.

• Ensure database infrastructure remains current with technology trends and security patches.

• Maintain documentation for database configurations and procedures.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for database-related queries and technical support.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree).

• 8+ years of experience in database administration, with strong PostgreSQL expertise.

• Proficiency in SQL and PL/pgSQL.

• Familiarity with Linux/Unix and scripting languages (Bash, Python, Perl).

• Knowledge of high availability and disaster recovery strategies for PostgreSQL.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

• Top Secret clearance required

Preferred

• PostgreSQL certification.

• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, OCI) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Familiarity with other database systems (Oracle, MSSQL).

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and co