Yves Njonkou

About Yves Njonkou

Outstandingly self-motivated and responsible PostgreSQL Database Engineer with a strong work ethic and reliability. Significant hands-on experience in Architecting Scalable and High Availability Systems both on premises and in AWS cloud. Very skillful in Data Security and PostgreSQL Performance Tuning. Can efficiently perform in a Team or individually and can handle multiple projects and activities simultaneously.

Experience

1. Postgresql Database Administrator

   Senseonics, Incorporated

   Aug 2023 — Present

   Oversee database installations, configurations, upgrades, and patching across development, QA, UAT, and production environments, ensuring seamless transitions and minimal downtime.• Designed and implemented high-availability architecture using Repmgr, ensuring 99.99% uptime for mission-critical systems.• Develop and maintain robust backup, disaster recovery, and replication strategies to safeguard data integrity and ensure business continuity.• Monitor database health and performance, conducting regular tuning and optimization of queries, indexes, and configurations to enhance efficiency.• Implement and enforce database security measures, including user access controls, auditing, and compliance with HIPAA and other regulatory standards.• Manage end-to-end database migrations from on-premises infrastructure to AWS, including schema conversion, data replication, and performance validation.• Administered and optimized EDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) environments for high-availability enterprise applications, leveraging Oracle compatibility and EDB tools for performance tuning.• Configured EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM) to monitor performance metrics, query bottlenecks, and system health across multiple database instances.• Provide on-call production support and participate in incident resolution, ensuring rapid response to and recovery from database-related issues.• Mentor junior DBAs, sharing best practices and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the database engineering team.• Communicate effectively with leadership, providing regular reports on database performance, potential risks, and the status of ongoing projects.• Designed and implemented spatial databases using PostgreSQL with PostGIS for efficient management of geospatial data.• Automated ETL pipelines to ingest and transform spatial data from external sources into PostgreSQL.

Education

• University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering

  Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering

• The University of Yaounde I

  Master's degree, Organic Chemistry

• The University of Yaounde I

  Bachelor's degree, Chemistry

• The University of Yaounde I, Higher Teacher Training College

  Bachelor's degree, Physics, Chemistry and Technology

• Montgomery County Community College

  Associate of Science - AS, Chemical Engineering