Senior DBA: Postgres & MongoDB on GCP + IaC

PEAK6; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k match

PTO

Parental leave

HSA contribution

Calm app subscription

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join a fast paced, cloud‑first environment. You will administer MongoDB and PostgreSQL in GCP, design IaC using Terraform, and ensure data integrity, performance, and uptime.

Collaborating with engineering, you will optimize schemas, support incident response, and drive CI/CD automation for database changes. Hybrid work and strong benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering (or equivalent).
• 8+ years of experience administering MongoDB and PostgreSQL environments.
• Experience with Cloud SQL PostgreSQL and BigQuery preferred.
• Terraform, GitHub, and IaC for database infrastructure changes.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize high‑volume MongoDB and PostgreSQL in Cloud environments.
• Design and own Terraform modules for GCP databases (Cloud SQL, Memorystore, AlloyDB, Spanner, BigQuery).
• Manage replication with low latency; tune performance and cost.
• Implement changes via IaC and CI/CD pipelines; automate database operations.
• Establish backup/restore, PITR, HA/failover testing, and DR runbooks.
• Collaborate on schema reviews, query optimization, and BigQuery governance.
• Support incident response and on‑call rotations; ensure security compliance.

Skills

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

GCP CloudSQL

BigQuery

Terraform

CI/CD

Memorystore Redis

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Tools

GitHub

Cloud SQL

Terraform modules

Job description

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join a fast paced, cloud‑first environment. You will administer MongoDB and PostgreSQL in GCP, design IaC using Terraform, and ensure data integrity, performance, and uptime.

Collaborating with engineering, you will optimize schemas, support incident response, and drive CI/CD automation for database changes. Hybrid work and strong benefits are offered.