DataBase Administrator

remote work; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Flexible work from offices or remote

Healthcare Coverage

Education Budget

Wellness Budget

Vacation policy: 20 days

Job summary

Cloud Services Team is seeking a skilled Database Administrator to design, implement, and manage large-scale, high-performance databases across multiple technologies and environments. You will ensure reliability, scalability, and security of mission-critical systems while optimizing schemas, queries, and storage.

You will work with PostgreSQL across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Yandex Cloud, and automate operations with Python, Bash, and Go, using Terraform/OpenTofu/CloudFormation, Ansible, and GitLab

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on DBA experience in production, distributed environments.
• Deep PostgreSQL knowledge and performance tuning skills.
• Experience across major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, Yandex Cloud).
• Proficiency in automation and scripting for ops tasks.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize database infrastructures for large-scale, high‑traffic workloads.
• Administer and maintain PostgreSQL clusters across environments.
• Design and implement backup, recovery, and DR strategies.
• Automate scaling, monitoring, and maintenance with IaC and CI/CD tools.
• Configure replication, sharding, and high-availability setups.
• Ensure SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR compliance and DB security best practices.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Distributed DBs

SQL tuning

Cloud platforms

Scripting: Python

Bash

Go

Kubernetes

Observability: Datadog

English

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

CloudFormation

Ansible

GitLab CI

Job description

Cloud Services Team

We are looking for a skilled Database Administrator with proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing large-scale, high-performance database systems. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of mission‑critical databases across multiple technologies and environments.

Challenges that await you

• Architect and optimize database infrastructures to support large-scale, high‑traffic workloads.
• Administer and maintain clusters across PostgreSQL
• Design and operate backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring business continuity.
• Automate operational processes, including scaling, monitoring, and maintenance, using infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform,OpenTofu, CloudFormation), Ansible, Gitlab CI
• Optimize performance at every layer: schema design, query execution, indexing, caching, and storage.
• Configure and manage replication and sharding strategies for high availability, fault tolerance, and geo‑distribution.
• Ensure compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and enforce database security best practices.

What makes you a great fit

• 3+ years of hands‑on experience as a DBA in production‑grade, distributed environments.
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL
• Proven expertise in managing databases across major cloud platforms (Amazon Web Services,Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Yandex Cloud)
• Advanced expertise in SQL query tuning, schema optimization, and indexing strategies.
• Strong experience with replication, partitioning, and clustering in high‑availability systems.
• Proficiency in backup, restore, and failover mechanisms in multi‑AZ and multi‑region setups.
• Skills in automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Go).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes‑based deployments(example operator Zalando for PG,Strimzi Kafka) and modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch).
• B1 or higher English level for effective communication with an international team

Your bonus skills

• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation).

Our ways of working

• Innovative Spirit: A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions
• Honest Feedback: valuing open, transparent communication
• Supportive Team: a strong, collaborative community
• Celebrating Achievements: recognizing our wins together
• High-Tech Environment: a team full of smart and revolutionary people who date to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances

Our benefits

• Relocation supportto Mexico, Serbia, Cyprus, Spain, Kazakhstan, Georgia with full visa & permit support to the employee and family
• Flexible workfrom one of our offices or remote
• Healthcare Coverage
• Education Budget:Language lessons, professional training and certifications
• Wellness Budget:Mental health and fitness activity reimbursements
• Vacation policy:20 days of annual leave and paid sick leave