Senior PostgreSQL DBA – AWS Aurora & HA

Expedite Talent Solutions

Charlotte (NC)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

Get more replies from employers

Send a job-specific resume in minutes.

Job summary

Expedite Talent Solutions is seeking a senior Database Administrator in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid). The role requires 12+ years of experience and hands-on expertise with Aurora PostgreSQL, MSSQL, and related tools.

Visa-independent candidates only; video interviews will be conducted. Responsibilities include monitoring, performance tuning, backups, DR planning, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure SLA adherence.

Qualifications

12+ years of experience as a database administrator.
MSSQL and PostgreSQL administration experience.
Experience with large-scale, high-transaction databases.
Strong scripting in Shell or Python.
Excellent communication with business, technical teams and senior management.

Responsibilities

Hands-on with Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS.
Maintain high availability and performance of database platforms, including failover and replication lag monitoring.
Perform daily health checks on disk, CPU, memory, and PostgreSQL logs.
Conduct on-demand backups and schema/table-level restores.
Identify long-running queries and provide findings to developers for optimization.
Manage user access and basic database security tasks.
Troubleshoot infrastructure, performance, and availability issues.
Monitor weekend job alerts and coordinate with Compass SME as needed.
Participate in maintenance windows and perform tuning to meet SLA.
Handle incident and change management per SLA.