Senior Database Architect | Postgres | Remote

Motion Recruitment; Arizona; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k)

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a seasoned PostgreSQL database professional to join a small team tasked with maturing database processes for a net-new initiative. You will engage with stakeholders on design decisions, perform schema design, and configure security and access policies.

You will also hands-on manage PostgreSQL administration, backups, performance tuning, and contribute to reliability via IaC, CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes where applicable.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant database experience
• PostgreSQL Database administration: performance, backups & recovery

Responsibilities

• 40% Database Architecture (Design, stakeholder work)
• 40% Database Engineering
• 20% Misc. Automation & performance related tasks
• 60% Hands On
• 40% Team Collaboration & Vendor Management

Skills

PostgreSQL

Database administration

Performance tuning

Backups & recovery

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

This position may require applicants to be able to get a US Security clearance. Clearance is not required before starting, but eligibility will be verified

We are looking for a seasoned database professional to join a small team to add maturity across database processes. This is a net-new position and will involve scoping out, maturing, and establishing processes for database management in PostgreSQL. The ideal candidate should be comfortable having high-level conversations with stakeholders about database needs & design decisions as well as get hands-on with schema design, security & access management configurations, and technology decisions.

To be considered you must have strong PostgreSQL Database administration experience. Any exposure to reliability implementation including infrastructure-as-code, terraform, docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, or scripting, would also be helpful.

While you would be working within a larger tech org, this is a small, newer team with a high degree of opportunity for autonomy & influence. Prior experience managing vendors, working with internal-stakeholder-heavy positions, and making architecture or technology/tooling decisions is also a plus.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of relevant database experience
• PostgreSQL Database administration
  • Database performance
  • Backups & recovery

Desired Skills & Experience

• Devops
  • IaC/Terraform
  • CI/CD
  • Containerization (Kubernetes)

What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown

• 40% Database Architecture (Design,stakeholeder work)
• 40% Database Engineering
• 20% Misc. Automation & performance related tasks

Daily Responsibilities

• 60% Hands On
• 40% Team Collaboration & Vendor Management

The Offer

• Eligible for Annual Salary Bonus

You Will Receive The Following Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.