Senior Database Architect | Postgres | Remote

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; 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 Partners LLC is seeking a seasoned PostgreSQL database professional to mature and establish database processes within a small team. The role involves hands-on schema design, security and access management, and high-level stakeholder discussions on design decisions.

You will work in a net-new team with autonomy to influence architecture, and exposure to vendor management and technology/tooling decisions. Prior experience in DevOps practices is a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of PostgreSQL database experience.
• PostgreSQL DBA with focus on performance, backups and recovery.
• Security and access management configurations, and design decisions for databases.
• Experience engaging with stakeholders on database needs and architecture.
• Vendor management and IT architecture/ tooling decisions are a plus.

Responsibilities

• 40% Database architecture (design, stakeholder work)
• 40% Database engineering
• 20% Miscellaneous automation and performance tasks

Skills

PostgreSQL

Database administration

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

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 DoingTech 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.