Senior Cloud DBA – GCP, Postgres & Terraform (Hybrid)

Apex Fintech Solutions; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401k matching

Parental leave

HSA contribution

Calm app subscription

Tuition reimbursement

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Administrator to join our team in a fast-paced, cloud-first environment. You will administer MongoDB and PostgreSQL systems, design Terraform modules for GCP databases, and lead disaster recovery planning while collaborating with engineering on schema and performance improvements.

Ideal candidates have extensive cloud database experience, strong DevOps practices, and the ability to manage high-volume, low-latency data workflows

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of prior work experience
• Experience administering MongoDB and PostgreSQL Server environments
• Experience with GCP CloudSQL PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL management
• Experience with Memorystore Redis, AlloyDB, Spanner and BigQuery preferred
• Experience with Terraform and GitHub for database infrastructure changes
• Experience with high-availability architectures and disaster recovery planning

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize high-volume MongoDB and PostgreSQL systems (including Cloud SQL) in highly available environments
• Design and own Terraform modules for GCP databases: Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL), Memorystore (Redis/Valkey), AlloyDB, Spanner, and BigQuery
• Manage large transactional replication with low-latency delivery; use BigQuery as a replication target and tune performance/cost
• Implement database changes via IaC (Terraform with GitHub PRs) following performance, security, and reliability best practices
• Establish backup/restore, PITR, HA/failover testing, DR runbooks, and an overall database support plan
• Collaborate with engineering teams on schema reviews, query optimization, and BigQuery governance
• Handle security and audit tasks; respond to support requests and data change needs promptly
• Support incident response and participate in on-call rotations and maintenance such as patching and DR testing

Skills

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Terraform

GCP

BigQuery

CI/CD

Scripting

On-call

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Cloud SQL PostgreSQL

Memorystore Redis/Valkey

AlloyDB

Spanner

BigQuery

Job description

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Administrator to join our team in a fast-paced, cloud-first environment. You will administer MongoDB and PostgreSQL systems, design Terraform modules for GCP databases, and lead disaster recovery planning while collaborating with engineering on schema and performance improvements.

Ideal candidates have extensive cloud database experience, strong DevOps practices, and the ability to manage high-volume, low-latency data workflows