Senior PostgreSQL DBA — AWS Cloud & Migration Expert

The Corporate; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate in Oakland is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator to migrate and support mission-critical environments across on-premises and AWS cloud platforms. The role emphasizes PostgreSQL administration, performance tuning, security, backups, and disaster recovery, with a strong focus on automation and Terraform-driven workflows.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with AWS services, AWS DMS/SCT, and enterprise monitoring.

Qualifications

• 12 years of Database Administration experience.
• 8 years of PostgreSQL Database Administration experience.
• 5 years of AWS & Azure cloud database administration experience.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL upgrades, migrations, and performance tuning.
• AWS Certifications: AWS Certified Database Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional.
• PostgreSQL Professional Certification.
• Experience with Enterprise Monitoring tools.
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Migrate and support mission-critical database environments across on-premises and AWS cloud platforms.
• Administer, tune, secure, backup, and recover PostgreSQL databases with high availability.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and cloud architects to ensure secure and performant database environments.
• Manage backups, PITR, replication, failover, switchover, and disaster recovery activities.
• Lead automation and cloud modernization initiatives using Terraform and AWS services.
• Execute end-to-end migration projects including assessment, planning, testing, cutover, validation, and post-migration support.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

AWS & Azure cloud DB administration

Migration & automation

Performance tuning

Backup & recovery

Security & compliance

On-call production support

Terraform

AWS CLI

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

pg_dump

pg_basebackup

WAL Archiving

PITR

AWS DMS

AWS SCT

Terraform

Kubernetes

Patroni

pgBouncer

Job description

The Corporate in Oakland is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator to migrate and support mission-critical environments across on-premises and AWS cloud platforms. The role emphasizes PostgreSQL administration, performance tuning, security, backups, and disaster recovery, with a strong focus on automation and Terraform-driven workflows.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with AWS services, AWS DMS/SCT, and enterprise monitoring.