Fulltime - PostgreSQL DBA

PostgreSQL DBA

Location: Chandler, AZ

Job Description

We are looking for a midlevel Database Administrator DBA with strong handson experience in PostgreSQL administration along with solid AWS exposure and Terraform expertise especially writing reusable Terraform modules. The role will focus on ensuring database reliability performance security automation and supporting cloudbased database environments. Oracle experience is a plus but not mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

• Install configure administer and maintain PostgreSQL databases in production and nonproduction environments
• Perform backup and recovery planning and execution PITR restore validations DR readiness
• Monitor database health and performance troubleshoot issues related to queries indexing locks replication and storage
• Plan and execute patchingupgrades migrations and version compatibility checks
• Implement and manage replication streaming replicationlogical replication where needed and high availability strategies
• Ensure database security access controls rolesprivileges and audit readiness
• AWS Responsibilities
• Work with AWS services related to database hosting and operations such as Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Aurora PostgreSQL preferred EC2based PostgreSQL deployments Supporting services IAM VPC Security Groups KMS CloudWatch S3 SNS Support cloud best practices for networking encryption monitoring scalability and cost awareness Participate in DR strategies using AWS native capabilities Terraform Infrastructure as Code IaC Design and develop Terraform modules for repeatable infrastructure deployments Maintain Terraform codebase apply IaC practices such as Remote state workspaces state locking Module versioning reusable patterns naming standards Secure variable handling Secrets ManagerParameter Store integration Partner with DevOpsSRE teams to automate infrastructure provisioning for DB environments Operational Collaboration Participate in oncall production support if required for incidents and problem management Create and maintain runbooks SOPs and technical documentation Collaborate with application teams to review schema changes query performance and release readiness

Required Skills Qualifications

• 4 to 8 years of handson DBA experience with PostgreSQL in production
• Strong understanding of Backup recovery replication HADR concepts Performance tuning indexes vacuumanalyze query plans Security roles grants encryption basics Working experience in AWS RDSAurora preferred Strong expertise in Terraform including writing and maintaining Terraform modules Familiarity with Linux administration and scripting ShellPython is a plus Strong troubleshooting mindset and ability to handle production issues calmly

Nice to Have Preferred

• Oracle DBA experience basic administration backuprestore concepts troubleshooting
• Experience with CICD integration for Terraform JenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab
• Monitoring tools CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana Datadog New Relic etc
• Container environments EKSKubernetes for DBadjacent services
• Exposure to securitycompliance requirements SOC2 ISO PCI etc

Mandatory Skills : AWS Infra Services, PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL-DB Administration, Terraform