Hybrid PostgreSQL Database Administrator

Orange and Bronze Software Labs Ltd, Co.; Metro Manila; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange and Bronze Software Labs Ltd, Co. seeks a skilled PostgreSQL Administrator to join our team in Makati City. The role focuses on performance, security, and high availability of our PostgreSQL databases, with collaboration across engineering to optimize queries and scale data infrastructure.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience, strong Linux skills, and a passion for automation and reliability. Hybrid work setup offered.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience with PostgreSQL databases.
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, MVCC, vacuuming and partitioning.
• Experience with replication, clustering and connection pooling.
• Proficiency in backup and restore tools (pgBackRest, Barman, WAL-G).
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and command-line skills.
• Scripting ability in Bash, Python, or Go for automation.
• Analytical mindset with track record of solving performance issues.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain PostgreSQL across dev, staging, and prod.
• Monitor performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize queries and indexes.
• Design and implement backup/restore and PITR; ensure HA architectures.
• Manage security, access controls, encryption, and compliance.
• Set up monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana and related tools.
• Automate routine tasks using scripting and IaC tools like Ansible/Terraform.
• Collaborate with backend engineers on migrations and best practices.
• Serve as on-call lead for database incidents and 24/7 uptime.

Skills

PostgreSQL expertise

Linux/Unix

Automation scripting

Query optimization

High availability

Backup & recovery

Replication clustering

Monitoring tools

Tools

pgBackRest

Barman

WAL-G

Prometheus

Grafana

PgBouncer

HAProxy

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Orange and Bronze Software Labs Ltd, Co. seeks a skilled PostgreSQL Administrator to join our team in Makati City. The role focuses on performance, security, and high availability of our PostgreSQL databases, with collaboration across engineering to optimize queries and scale data infrastructure.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience, strong Linux skills, and a passion for automation and reliability. Hybrid work setup offered.