Senior PostgreSQL Infrastructure Engineer — Hybrid (NV1)

People Connect ICT Solutions; Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

People Connect ICT Solutions in Australia is seeking two Senior Infrastructure Engineers / PostgreSQL Database Administrators to join a major government technology engagement with Services Australia.

The role focuses on enterprise-scale PostgreSQL platforms, high availability, automation with Ansible, CI/CD, and security, with hybrid work and location flexibility across major Australian cities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years PostgreSQL DBA experience.
• Strong hands-on PostgreSQL infrastructure experience.
• Experience with Ansible and CI/CD automation.
• Hands-on with RHEL, OpenShift and VMware.
• Experience with EDB PEM and EFM.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD and Argo CD.
• Scripting in Python and Shell.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and manage PostgreSQL database environments.
• Configure high availability and replication with EFM.
• Install and administer PEM.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Ansible.
• Implement CI/CD automated deployments.
• Support PostgreSQL on RHEL, OpenShift and VMware.
• Configure GitLab and Argo CD for GitOps workflows.
• Implement backup, PITR and disaster recovery.
• Perform upgrades, migrations, tuning and troubleshooting.
• Implement security controls: LDAP/AD, RBAC, TLS, certs.
• Develop Python and Shell automation scripts.
• Hands-on with enterprise migrations and upgrades.

Skills

PostgreSQL DBA

Ansible

CI/CD automation

RHEL

OpenShift

VMware

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Performance tuning

Backup & DR

Security controls

PITR

Database migrations

Tools

EDB Failover Manager

EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager

GitLab

Argo CD

Ansible

Job description

People Connect ICT Solutions in Australia is seeking two Senior Infrastructure Engineers / PostgreSQL Database Administrators to join a major government technology engagement with Services Australia.

The role focuses on enterprise-scale PostgreSQL platforms, high availability, automation with Ansible, CI/CD, and security, with hybrid work and location flexibility across major Australian cities.