Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator

📋 Description

• Manage daily operations of PostgreSQL on AWS Aurora across accounts/environments/production
• Own configuration, provisioning, tuning, deployments, upgrades, patches, and migrations with
• Monitor health, capacity, availability, and performance using CloudWatch, Performance Insights
• Operate PostgreSQL as a system of record in an event-driven data ecosystem with
• Support persistence patterns with Redis/ElastiCache, read replicas, logical/streaming replication
• Tune for OLTP, reporting, and mixed workloads; optimize queries, indexes, plans, connections, and

🎯 Requirements

• 4–7 years hands-on PostgreSQL DBA experience in cloud production environments.
• Strong production experience with AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS.
• Expertise in PostgreSQL performance tuning, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis.
• Backup/recovery strategies: PITR, HA, replication, DR.
• Security, IAM integration, credential management; SQL and relational data modeling.
• Programming/automation: Python and shell scripting.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive base salary of $130,000–$150,000, DOE.
• Eligibility for performance-based bonus.
• Medical, dental, vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company match; disability and life insurance.
• generous PTO and holidays; EAP; continuing education funding.
• Remote-first environment; distributed teams support.