Senior PostgreSQL DBA: HA, DR & IaC Expert

Vertical Scope Group; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$1,000 referral program

Job summary

Vertical Scope Group seeks an NV1 PostgreSQL Database Administrator Expert to support a major Australian Federal Government agency. You will design, deploy, administer, and optimise enterprise PostgreSQL environments across RHEL, OpenShift, and VMware, with a focus on high availability and disaster recovery.

The role requires 5+ years of PostgreSQL experience, IaC with Ansible, CI/CD and GitOps workflows (Argo CD, GitLab).

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years PostgreSQL database administration experience in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience deploying PostgreSQL databases using Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, RHEL, OpenShift and VMware.
• Experience developing and maintaining infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
• Expertise in PostgreSQL high availability, replication, backup, disaster recovery and performance optimisation.
• Experience with EDB Failover Manager (EFM) and EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM).
• Strong understanding of PostgreSQL database security, authentication, encryption and access controls.
• Proficiency in Python and Shell scripting, with exposure to GitLab and Argo CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer and optimise enterprise PostgreSQL database environments across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware platforms.
• Configure and manage high availability, replication and disaster recovery solutions using EFM.
• Install and administer PEM for database monitoring, performance analysis and diagnostics.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and automated PostgreSQL deployments using Ansible and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement GitOps deployment workflows using Argo CD and GitLab.
• Manage database backups, upgrades, migrations and recovery processes to ensure business continuity.
• Implement and maintain database security controls, including authentication, encryption and access management.
• Troubleshoot complex production incidents, optimise database performance and automate administration using Python and Shell scripting.
• Maintain technical documentation and contribute to continuous improvement and team capability development.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Ansible

CI/CD

RHEL

OpenShift

VMware

EFM

IaC

Python

Shell scripting

GitLab

Argo CD

Tools

EDB Failover Manager

EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager

Job description

Vertical Scope Group seeks an NV1 PostgreSQL Database Administrator Expert to support a major Australian Federal Government agency. You will design, deploy, administer, and optimise enterprise PostgreSQL environments across RHEL, OpenShift, and VMware, with a focus on high availability and disaster recovery.

The role requires 5+ years of PostgreSQL experience, IaC with Ansible, CI/CD and GitOps workflows (Argo CD, GitLab).