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Mehedi H.

Expert Database Engineer | SQL/Postgres/MySQL | Migrations | Tuning

Database Engineer with 10+ years of experience specializing in PostgreSQL and SQL Server — migrations, performance tuning, and production DBA work. I work with companies that need their database environments handled properly: cleanly migrated, well-optimized, and reliably maintained. My background includes managing production PostgreSQL and MSSQL systems in high-availability configurations for a global software company. What I can help you with ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✔ MSSQL → PostgreSQL migrations (schema, data, stored procedures) ✔ PostgreSQL & SQL Server performance tuning and query optimization ✔ Database administration — backup, recovery, monitoring, HA setup ✔ ETL pipelines and data migration automation (Python / SQL) ✔ Backend API development with database-heavy logic (FastAPI / Node.js) ✔ Schema design, indexing strategy, and capacity planning Production experience ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Currently managing live PostgreSQL and MSSQL environments including: - High-availability configurations and failover management - Backup and recovery strategies for large-scale databases - Performance diagnostics and infrastructure monitoring - Large-scale data migrations across cloud and on-premise systems How I work ━━━━━━━━━━ I take database work seriously — clean documentation, tested scripts, and no shortcuts on production systems. I use modern tooling where it accelerates delivery without compromising quality. If you need a reliable database engineer for a migration, optimization project, or ongoing DBA support, feel free to reach out.

🇫🇮Helsinki, Finland$70/hr100% JSS4.99 (17)Since Nov 2014

Earnings and projects

MRR
$5k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#5,482 / 412k
🇫🇮Country#10 / 569
Revenue, last 30 days
$5.5k

Last 6 months: $30k

World#4,724 / 412k
🇫🇮Country#10 / 569
Total earnings
$160k

Billed in all: $182k

World#21,377 / 412k
🇫🇮Country#21 / 569
Per project
$5.3k

$5.9k in the last 6 months

World#32,533 / 412k
🇫🇮Country#33 / 569
Projects, last 6 months
5

Across 7 contracts

43% fixed57% hourly
World#41,746 / 412k
🇫🇮Country#58 / 569
Projects in all
30

Across 38 contracts

63% fixed37% hourly
World#97,487 / 412k
🇫🇮Country#133 / 569

Earnings, last 30 days

$182k+$5.5k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$175k$180k$185kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 2% in Data Analysis

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