Remote Senior PostgreSQL DBA (AWS Cloud) – 12mo Contract

TEKsystems; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Disability

Health Spending Account

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

PTO / Vacation or Sick Leave

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Senior Database Administrator with deep PostgreSQL and AWS expertise to support mission-critical apps in a cloud environment. This remote-first role involves occasional onsite meetings in Salt Lake City, UT, and a 12-month contract.

You will architect, tune, and ensure reliability and security of databases, collaborating with software teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. AWS log analysis and best-practice promotion are key components.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in PostgreSQL with administration, tuning, optimization and troubleshooting.
• Proven experience supporting PostgreSQL in AWS.
• Hands-on review of AWS cloud logs for troubleshooting and performance analysis.
• Strong collaboration with software development teams to design scalable DB solutions.
• Excellent communication to explain technical concepts to varied audiences.
• Ability to influence decisions across business and technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert for PostgreSQL databases on AWS.
• Design, implement, and optimize database solutions to meet business needs.
• Partner with development teams to ensure scalable, high-performing architectures.
• Review AWS cloud logs to identify issues and optimization opportunities.
• Translate findings into clear recommendations for stakeholders.
• Ensure database reliability, availability, security and performance in production.
• Troubleshoot complex database and cloud-related issues while driving improvements.
• Develop and promote database standards, best practices and procedures.

Skills

PostgreSQL

AWS

Database Administration

Performance Tuning

Troubleshooting

Cloud Logs Analysis

Stakeholder Communication

Collaboration

Security

Influence Decisions

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Senior Database Administrator with deep PostgreSQL and AWS expertise to support mission-critical apps in a cloud environment. This remote-first role involves occasional onsite meetings in Salt Lake City, UT, and a 12-month contract.

You will architect, tune, and ensure reliability and security of databases, collaborating with software teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. AWS log analysis and best-practice promotion are key components.