Senior PostgreSQL System Administrator
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Job Summary
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Senior PostgreSQL System Administrator with 57 years of hands-on experience managing large-scale mission-critical PostgreSQL environments. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in performance tuning high availability design and database security and who enjoys mentoring junior DBAs while influencing architectural decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead installation configuration and administration of PostgreSQL databases across production and non-production environments
- Design and implement High Availability (HA) Disaster Recovery (DR) and replication solutions
- Monitor database performance identify bottlenecks and optimize queries and configurations
- Perform database upgrades patching and migrations with minimal downtime
- Implement and manage backup and recovery strategies (pgBackRest Barman etc.)
- Ensure database security through access control auditing and encryption
- Automate routine DBA tasks using Shell scripting Ansible or similar tools
- Collaborate with Development Infrastructure and DevOps teams on scalable architectures
- Create and maintain documentation standards and best practices
- Mentor junior DBAs and act as a PostgreSQL Subject Matter Expert
- Participate in on-call rotation and resolve critical incidents
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
- 57 years of PostgreSQL DBA experience (MongoDB exposure required)
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL internals and architecture
- Experience with PostgreSQL v14
- Expertise in streaming/logical replication and clustering
- Advanced performance tuning query optimization and indexing strategies
- Strong Linux/Unix skills with scripting (Bash Python preferred)
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus Grafana or Zabbix
- Experience managing PostgreSQL on cloud platforms (AWS RDS GCP Cloud SQL Azure
Preferred / Nice to Have
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of other databases (MySQL Oracle NoSQL)
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Infrastructure as Code experience (Ansible Terraform)
Soft Skills
- Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Strong communication and documentation abilities
- Leadership and mentoring mindset
- Proactive automation-driven approach to problem solving
Company Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- Active Directory
- VMware
- Computer Networking
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Solaris
- Windows
- Linux
- SAN
- System Administration
- Operating Systems
- Dns
- CentOS
