PostgreSQL DBA — Austin, TX

Job Role: PostgreSQL DBA

Location: Sunnyvale, CA /Austin ,TX

Key Responsibilities & Skills

• Strong understanding of PostgreSQL architecture and internal components.

• Hands-on experience with logical and physical backup and restore strategies, including Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR).

• Proven experience in performing minor and major PostgreSQL version upgrades.

• Extensive experience with database replication and high-availability solutions.

• Responsible for day-to-day database operations, monitoring, and performance troubleshooting (CPU/load, locks, blocking, long-running queries, etc..).

• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL configuration parameters, system catalogs, and performance views.

• Experience with routine database maintenance activities (vacuum, analyze, reindex, patching).

• Hands-on exposure to cloud-based PostgreSQL deployments on AWS (RDS/EC2) and/or Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).

• Strong experience with HA/DR tools such as Repmgr, Pgpool, and pgBackRest.

• Solid hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes.

• Strong scripting skills in Shell and/or Python for automation and monitoring.

• Proven experience administering multi-terabyte, high-performance production databases.

• Ability to independently learn, adapt, and implement new technologies.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams.

• Experience in designing and supporting large-scale, mission-critical database infrastructure with high transaction volumes.

Good To Have

• Exposure to Kubernetes platforms such as GKE or EKS.