Hybrid DBA - Oracle & PostgreSQL on AWS

Smartedge Solutions; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Smartedge Solutions in Dublin, Ireland is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to join our hybrid team. You will manage Oracle and PostgreSQL databases across AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2), focusing on performance tuning, security, and high availability.

You’ll work with developers, system administrators and DevOps to ensure smooth integrations, handle incidents, backups, DR planning, and change management.

Qualifications

• Extensive DBA experience with Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and RDS.
• Ability to work in hybrid development/production environments.
• Willingness to shift and overtime.
• Strong problem-solving and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Own stability, performance, and availability of production databases.
• Resolve incidents and perform root-cause analyses.
• Define database standards and guardrails.
• Perform change management.
• Administer Oracle and PostgreSQL on AWS (RDS/Aurora/EC2).
• Configure backups, DR plans, and recovery.
• Tune performance at system, query, and indexing levels.
• Collaborate with DevOps and development teams.
• Automate DBA tasks with scripting and CI/CD.

Skills

DBA experience

Oracle

PostgreSQL

AWS

Performance tuning

Shift work

Interpersonal skills

Tools

SQL Developer

PGAdmin

Shell scripting

PowerShell

PL/SQL

PG/SQL

GitHub

Terraform

Ansible

JIRA

ServiceNow

Confluence

AWS Backup

Job description

Smartedge Solutions in Dublin, Ireland is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to join our hybrid team. You will manage Oracle and PostgreSQL databases across AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2), focusing on performance tuning, security, and high availability.

You’ll work with developers, system administrators and DevOps to ensure smooth integrations, handle incidents, backups, DR planning, and change management.