Senior ASE & PostgreSQL DBA for Cloud Migrations

By Light Professional IT Services LLC; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

By Light Professional IT Services LLC seeks a database administrator to support, maintain, and administer ASE and PostgreSQL databases across on-prem and AWS environments. The role emphasizes availability, security, and performance, with migration work from SAP ASE to Amazon RDS PostgreSQL and collaboration across teams.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in database systems, virtualization, and IaC practices, plus excellent communication skills for cross‑functional support and

Qualifications

• BS CS / EE / CE or related degree or professional experience working in PostgreSQL.
• 5+ years of experience with Sybase ASE/REP and related systems, performance tuning, upgrades, patches, and disaster recovery planning/testing.
• 3+ years of general database administration tasks: PostgreSQL server objects, backups, schema design, deployments, and performance tuning.
• Extensive troubleshooting using logs, metadata catalogs, and monitoring tools; virtualization knowledge.
• Experience with AWS cloud platforms and IaC concepts including Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Support/administrate ASE and PostgreSQL databases, including AWS-hosted instances.
• Setup, configuration, administration, tuning, monitoring, and backups of ASE and PostgreSQL infrastructure.
• Work with large data volumes and migrations from SAP ASE to Amazon RDS PostgreSQL.
• Provide client support for test and production systems as needed.
• Maintain database performance and resolve production and application issues.
• Collaborate with engineers and IT teams on architecture plans and implementations.
• Recommend changes to improve ASE/PostgreSQL server configurations.

Skills

Communication skills

Scripting experience

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Education

BS CS / EE / CE or related degree

Tools

Terraform

AWS

PostgreSQL

Job description

By Light Professional IT Services LLC seeks a database administrator to support, maintain, and administer ASE and PostgreSQL databases across on-prem and AWS environments. The role emphasizes availability, security, and performance, with migration work from SAP ASE to Amazon RDS PostgreSQL and collaboration across teams.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in database systems, virtualization, and IaC practices, plus excellent communication skills for cross‑functional support and