Senior PostgreSQL DBA for SaaS & Cloud Platform

NEC Software Solutions; Alderley Edge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Cover

Group Pension Plan

Life Assurance

LinkedIn Learning

25 Days Holiday

Job summary

NEC Software Solutions is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) and SaaS Systems Administrator to manage and optimize our PostgreSQL environments and cloud-based SaaS infrastructure. You will oversee installation, tuning, backups, DR, security, SSO/IAM, and platform automation on Linux in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with a strong emphasis on reliability and security.

Join a team that values continuous improvement, documentation, and best practices, with a

Qualifications

• Demonstrable PostgreSQL DBA experience.
• Expertise in SQL, performance tuning and high availability.
• SaaS platform administration.
• Scripting with Bash, Python or PowerShell.
• Security and compliance best practices.
• Docker and Kubernetes.
• Terraform or Ansible.
• DevOps and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• PostgreSQL installation, configuration, performance tuning and optimization.
• Backup, recovery, replication, clustering and disaster recovery management.
• Database security, patching, upgrades and migrations.
• SaaS platform administration, SSO, IAM and user lifecycle management.
• Monitoring, automation, incident response and vendor management.
• Cloud platform and Linux server administration.
• Documentation, compliance and continuous improvement.

Skills

PostgreSQL

SQL tuning

High availability

SaaS admin

Scripting Bash

Scripting Python

Scripting PowerShell

Security best practices

CI/CD practices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

NEC Software Solutions is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) and SaaS Systems Administrator to manage and optimize our PostgreSQL environments and cloud-based SaaS infrastructure. You will oversee installation, tuning, backups, DR, security, SSO/IAM, and platform automation on Linux in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with a strong emphasis on reliability and security.

Join a team that values continuous improvement, documentation, and best practices, with a