Remote Senior PostgreSQL DBA: HA, AWS, Migrations

Polarits; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Polarits is seeking a Sr. Postgres DBA to lead database architecture, optimization, and migration efforts in a remote role. You will manage HA/DR, continuous deployment, and security controls in AWS.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux, PostgreSQL performance tuning, DMS, and experience implementing pgAudit, RBAC, encryption, and audit logging, with a track record delivering SLAs and automation.

Qualifications

• Advanced PostgreSQL expertise with performance tuning techniques.
• Strong experience with Linux and AWS environments.
• Solid understanding of security and compliance controls (FISMA/FedRAMP).
• Experience with database migration and automation tooling.

Skills

Database Migration Service (DMS)

High Availability architecture

Linux environment

AWS environment

Effective communication

Security & compliance (FISMA/FedRAMP)

pgAudit auditing

PostgreSQL performance tuning

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Liquibase

Flyway

Job description

Polarits is seeking a Sr. Postgres DBA to lead database architecture, optimization, and migration efforts in a remote role. You will manage HA/DR, continuous deployment, and security controls in AWS.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux, PostgreSQL performance tuning, DMS, and experience implementing pgAudit, RBAC, encryption, and audit logging, with a track record delivering SLAs and automation.