Database Administrator - Postgres Specialist

Robert Walters; City Of London; Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services organization is seeking a Database Administrator - Postgres Specialist to enhance their database operations. This role encompasses managing Postgres, Oracle, and MS SQL databases, ensuring optimal performance and compliance in a mission-critical environment. Therefore, the ideal candidate will play a vital role in maintaining database reliability and will work collaboratively with various technical teams to support business objectives.

Qualifications

• Expert-level experience with Postgres (Enterprise or Community Edition).
• Experience with large-scale, high-throughput systems (multi-TB).
• Exposure to global monitoring solutions and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize production, non-production, and DR database environments.
• Proactively monitor performance, availability, and capacity across global systems.
• Lead the planning and execution of HA and DR testing.

Skills

Postgres

Database Administration

Performance Tuning

Red Hat/Linux

Database Backup/Recovery

Automation

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About the Role
A global financial services organization is looking for a Senior Database Administrator to join its highly skilled Database Services team, supporting business-critical clearing systems. This role focuses on the design, administration, optimization, and support of Postgres, Oracle, and MS SQL databases, ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance within a regulated and mission-critical environment.

This is a great opportunity to join a globally distributed IT organization operating its own data centers and infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on proactive monitoring, automation, and collaboration with architecture, development, and support teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize production, non-production, and DR database environments.
• Proactively monitor performance, availability, and capacity across global systems.
• Handle installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and backup/recovery of databases.
• Lead the planning and execution of HA and DR testing.
• Work closely with infrastructure, development, and architecture teams to support business initiatives.
• Contribute to system documentation, automation scripts, and runbooks.
• Provide database support and best practices to development teams.
• Expert-level Postgres (Enterprise or Community Edition).
• Experience with large-scale, high-throughput systems (multi-TB).
• Proficiency with Red Hat/Linux, Postgres clustering, replication, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with pgBackRest, logical/physical backups, and partitioning.
• Understanding of Linux networking, file systems (NFS/GPFS), and OS-level diagnostics.
• Exposure to global monitoring solutions and automation tools.
• Oracle database and Exadata/ODA system experience.
• Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) administration and patching.
• Experience with engineered systems, automation, and SQL optimization.
• Familiarity with high-compliance environments (e.g., financial services).

Flexible Working
This role offers a hybrid model with opportunities for remote work, including on-call and out-of-hours support flexibility.

Why Apply?
Work in a globally respected organization with in-house infrastructure and mission-critical systems.

Be part of a knowledgeable and collaborative team.

Engage in high-impact work with opportunities for technical leadership and growth.

Apply now to join a technically strong, globally focused team where your expertise will shape the future of database reliability and performance in a fast-paced, regulated industry.

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