Senior PostgreSQL DBA & Automation Lead

Boltin; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Boltin is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator/Engineer to lead PostgreSQL operations in a large-scale environment in Sydney. You will drive performance tuning, implement HA/DR, manage backups and security, and guide architecture improvements across transactional databases, data warehouses, and analytics platforms.

Responsibilities include ownership of replication, partitioning strategies, and end-to-end governance, with a strong emphasis on automation, scripting, and CI/CD for database

Qualifications

• 10+ years in database administration/engineering
• 5+ years advanced PostgreSQL in enterprise environments
• Expertise in performance tuning, replication, HA/DR, backup/recovery
• Experience with database lifecycle governance and architecture improvements
• Experience with PostgreSQL architectures aligned with enterprise standards

Skills

PostgreSQL DBA

SQL performance

HA/DR

Backup & recovery

Replication

Database design

Data modelling

Security & encryption

Partitioning

Capacity planning

Shell scripting

Python

Terraform

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Monitoring tools

Powershell

Job description

Boltin is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator/Engineer to lead PostgreSQL operations in a large-scale environment in Sydney. You will drive performance tuning, implement HA/DR, manage backups and security, and guide architecture improvements across transactional databases, data warehouses, and analytics platforms.

Responsibilities include ownership of replication, partitioning strategies, and end-to-end governance, with a strong emphasis on automation, scripting, and CI/CD for database