Database Administrator

aVinci Media; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Hardware budget

Professional development

Paid time off

Wellness stipend

On-call compensation

Job summary

aVinci Media is seeking a remote, part-time Database Administrator focused on PostgreSQL to support media processing pipelines. You will own availability, backup and recovery, high availability, replication, schema review, and observability at enterprise scale.

Compensation is annualized in the $95,000–$120,000 range and pro-rated for part-time work. Responsibilities include tuning PostgreSQL clusters for latency and efficiency, implementing DR plans, collaborating on schema migrations, and

Qualifications

• Four or more years administering PostgreSQL in production with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Expertise in indexing, partitioning, VACUUM/ANALYZE, and query tuning.
• Experience with high availability and replication, backup and recovery strategy, and disaster recovery drills.
• Security hardening, auditing, and compliance-minded data stewardship.

Responsibilities

• Operate and tune PostgreSQL clusters for latency, throughput, and cost efficiency.
• Implement robust backup, restore, and retention policies with tested disaster recovery plans.
• Collaborate with engineering on schema design, migrations, and capacity planning.
• Build monitoring and alerting, define SLOs, and maintain incident response playbooks.
• Contribute to data governance, access controls, and compliance documentation.

Skills

PostgreSQL tuning

Backup & DR planning

Security hardening

Observability & monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

Role overview

A remote, part-time Database Administrator opening centered on PostgreSQL that underpins media processing pipelines. The role owns availability, backup and recovery, high availability and replication, schema review, and observability at enterprise scale. Compensation is annualized in the $95,000–$120,000 range and pro-rated for part-time work.

Responsibilities

• Operate and tune PostgreSQL clusters for latency, throughput, and cost efficiency.
• Implement robust backup, restore, and retention policies with tested disaster recovery plans.
• Collaborate with engineering on schema design, migrations, and capacity planning.
• Build monitoring and alerting, define SLOs, and maintain incident response playbooks.
• Contribute to data governance, access controls, and compliance documentation.

Requirements

• Four or more years administering PostgreSQL in production with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Deep expertise in indexing, partitioning, VACUUM/ANALYZE, and query tuning.
• Experience with high availability and replication, backup and recovery strategy, and disaster recovery drills.
• Security hardening, auditing, and compliance-minded data stewardship.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with cloud object storage and time-series data.
• Infrastructure as code experience.
• Comfort with Prometheus and Grafana.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first culture with flexible scheduling.
• Annual hardware and tooling budget.
• Professional development and certification support.
• Paid time off and local holidays, pro-rated.
• Wellness stipend and on-call compensation where applicable.