Senior PostgreSQL DBA – HA & Security (NV1)

Exclaim IT; Canberra; Sur place; AUD 120 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Federal government project

Enterprise-scale PostgreSQL

DevOps automation exposure

Résumé du poste

Exclaim IT in Canberra, Australia is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator to design, implement and maintain enterprise database environments supporting critical digital services for a federal government client.

The role emphasizes PostgreSQL administration, high availability, security, automation and disaster recovery across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware, and requires strong PEM, Ansible, CI/CD and IaC skills; occasional out-of-hours work and NV1 clearance.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years’ PostgreSQL database administration experience.
• Strong experience designing, deploying and maintaining PostgreSQL environments using Ansible CI/CD pipelines across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware.
• Experience implementing PostgreSQL database security controls.

Responsabilités

• Configure and manage PostgreSQL high availability and replication clusters using EDB Failover Manager (EFM).
• Install, configure and administer EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM), including agent deployment, database registration, performance monitoring and query analysis.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code for PostgreSQL deployments.
• Design, deploy and maintain PostgreSQL environments using Ansible CI/CD pipelines across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware.
• Configure ArgoCD deployments and integrate with GitLab to support GitOps workflows.
• Implement automated backup, disaster recovery and point-in-time recovery (PITR) strategies, including WAL archiving and replication-based recovery.
• Plan and execute database migrations, upgrades and cross-platform deployments.
• Configure PostgreSQL authentication and access controls, including LDAP/Active Directory, RBAC, TLS encryption and X.509 certificates.
• Manage database software installations and upgrades to maintain currency and compliance.
• Implement enterprise monitoring and logging, troubleshoot complex database and operating system issues, and maintain database reliability, availability and capacity.
• Contribute to team capability uplift and maintain technical documentation.

Connaissances

PostgreSQL

PEM

Ansible

CI/CD

IaC

Python

Shell scripting

OpenShift

RHEL

VMware

Outils

EDB Failover Manager (EFM)

GitLab

ArgoCD

Description du poste

Exclaim IT in Canberra, Australia is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator to design, implement and maintain enterprise database environments supporting critical digital services for a federal government client.

The role emphasizes PostgreSQL administration, high availability, security, automation and disaster recovery across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware, and requires strong PEM, Ansible, CI/CD and IaC skills; occasional out-of-hours work and NV1 clearance.