Senior PostgreSQL Cloud DB Ops Engineer

Ethereum Technologies; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Technologies in Madison is seeking a senior PostgreSQL DBA to own and operate large-scale production databases. You will manage replication, HA/DR, PITR, and performance tuning while partnering with infra and development teams to deliver reliable data services.

The role requires deep PostgreSQL configuration expertise, cloud deployments (AWS RDS/EC2, GCP), and containerized environments with Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Extensive PostgreSQL experience in production environments.
• Proficient with PITR, backups, and recovery strategies.
• Experience with cloud deployments (AWS/GCP) and RDS/EC2.
• Strong in performance tuning and capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day PostgreSQL operations and monitoring.
• Plan and execute upgrades and patching with minimal downtime.
• Design and maintain high-availability database architectures.
• Automate maintenance tasks using Shell/Python scripts.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on performance improvements.

Skills

PostgreSQL architecture

PITR backups

Upgrades

Replication/HA

Performance troubleshooting

PostgreSQL configs

Maintenance tasks

Cloud PostgreSQL

HA/DR tools

Kubernetes

Shell scripting

Python scripting

Large-scale DBs

Learning ability

Cross-team communication

High throughput workloads

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS RDS/EC2

GCP

pgBackRest

Repmgr

Pgpool

Kubernetes

Shell

Python

Monitoring tools

Job description

Ethereum Technologies in Madison is seeking a senior PostgreSQL DBA to own and operate large-scale production databases. You will manage replication, HA/DR, PITR, and performance tuning while partnering with infra and development teams to deliver reliable data services.

The role requires deep PostgreSQL configuration expertise, cloud deployments (AWS RDS/EC2, GCP), and containerized environments with Kubernetes.