Database Administrator

MindSource; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MindSource is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases on bare‑metal infrastructure. You will own the end‑to‑end database architecture, including replication, clustering, and recovery strategies, and work across teams to ensure reliability and performance.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years of hands‑on experience managing on‑prem databases, deep internals knowledge, and a proven track record in HA/DR, backups, monitoring, and automation

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands‑on experience managing MariaDB and PostgreSQL in on‑prem/bare metal environments.
• Deep understanding of database internals, replication models, WAL/redo logs, and recovery.
• Strong troubleshooting skills under complex failure conditions.
• Proven experience implementing high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
• Expertise in performance tuning, query optimization, and storage engine management.
• Proficiency with Linux‑based systems administration.
• Familiarity with configuration management or automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, Bash/Python).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases in bare metal and on‑premise environments.
• Own end‑to‑end database architecture, including replication, clustering, failover, and recovery strategies.
• Analyze and document potential failure scenarios and build robust mitigation plans.
• Perform deep‑dive troubleshooting for performance bottlenecks, corruption issues, and replication delays.
• Manage schema design, indexing strategy, and query optimization for high‑performance workloads.
• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to ensure database scalability and fault tolerance.
• Develop and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring solutions.
• Contribute to database automation (deployment, upgrades, patching) via scripts or configuration tools.

Skills

MariaDB

PostgreSQL

Linux

Performance tuning

Query optimization

High availability

Disaster recovery

Automation

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Database Engineer with deep expertise in MariaDB and PostgreSQL architecture—not just as a cloud user, but as a hands‑on engineer capable of designing, deploying, and troubleshooting databases on bare metal infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong experience driving database reliability, performance, and recovery strategies from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases in bare metal and on‑premise environments.
• Own end‑to‑end database architecture, including replication, clustering, failover, and recovery strategies.
• Analyze and document potential failure scenarios and build robust mitigation plans.
• Perform deep‑dive troubleshooting for performance bottlenecks, corruption issues, and replication delays.
• Manage schema design, indexing strategy, and query optimization for high‑performance workloads.
• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to ensure database scalability and fault tolerance.
• Develop and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring solutions.
• Contribute to database automation (deployment, upgrades, patching) via scripts or configuration tools.

Required Skills:

• 7+ years of hands‑on experience managing MariaDB and PostgreSQL in on‑prem/bare metal environments.
• Deep understanding of database internals, replication models, WAL/redo logs, and recovery mechanisms.
• Strong troubleshooting skills—especially under complex failure conditions.
• Proven experience implementing high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies.
• Expertise in performance tuning, query optimization, and storage engine management.
• Proficiency with Linux‑based systems administration.
• Familiarity with configuration management or automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, or Bash/Python scripting).