Remote PostgreSQL DBA – AWS Aurora & Automation

DrFirst; France; Remote; EUR 116,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401K with company match

HSA contributions

Paid time off and holidays

Continuing Education funds

Job summary

DrFirst, a Remote-First healthcare IT company, seeks a mid-level PostgreSQL Database Administrator to manage PostgreSQL infra on AWS Aurora, focusing on automation, performance, and reliability. You will collaborate with DevOps and development teams across accounts, implementing backups, upgrades, and scalable database solutions.

The role emphasizes automation, scripting in Python and Shell, and improving operational excellence in a remote-first setting with generous benefits and opportunities

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of hands-on experience as a PostgreSQL Database Administrator.
• Strong experience with AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and RDS.
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Solid understanding of database backup and recovery strategies.
• Experience with database security, user management, and access controls.
• Programming skills in Python, Shell scripting, or similar languages for automation.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of PostgreSQL databases in AWS Aurora environments across multiple accounts.
• Perform database setup, configuration, and deployment following best practices.
• Implement and maintain backup and recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity and disaster recovery readiness.
• Monitor database health, performance metrics, and capacity planning.
• Execute database upgrades, patches, and migrations with minimal downtime.
• Develop automation scripts for routine database tasks and CI/CD pipelines for deployments.

Skills

PostgreSQL

AWS Aurora PostgreSQL

Performance tuning

Automation with Python

Shell scripting

Monitoring tools

SQL & relational DB concepts

Problem-solving

Communication

On-call readiness

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CI/CD

Job description

DrFirst, a Remote-First healthcare IT company, seeks a mid-level PostgreSQL Database Administrator to manage PostgreSQL infra on AWS Aurora, focusing on automation, performance, and reliability. You will collaborate with DevOps and development teams across accounts, implementing backups, upgrades, and scalable database solutions.

The role emphasizes automation, scripting in Python and Shell, and improving operational excellence in a remote-first setting with generous benefits and opportunities