Senior PostgreSQL DBA - AWS Cloud Migrations & HA

Wise Skulls

Irvine (CA)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago

Be an early applicant

Get more replies from employers

Send a job-specific resume in minutes.

Job summary

Wise Skulls is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) with strong AWS expertise to manage PostgreSQL databases and lead migration and optimization in the AWS cloud. The role emphasizes migration responsibilities, performance tuning, high availability, and security policy management.

The candidate will work in Irvine, CA (Hybrid) with collaboration across development and infrastructure teams and will document configurations and procedures to ensure reliable database

Qualifications

Experience administering PostgreSQL databases in AWS.
Migration and optimization of database infrastructure to AWS.
Strong in performance tuning, high availability, and backup/recovery.
Ability to design security policies, roles, and privileges.
Familiarity with monitoring tools and disaster recovery planning.

Responsibilities

Lead migration of on-premise databases to AWS (PostgreSQL).
Remediate code from SQL/Oracle to PostgreSQL.
Install, configure, and manage PostgreSQL across versions.
Optimize performance and ensure HA and scalability.
Design and implement backup/recovery strategies using native tools and AWS.
Manage PostgreSQL replication and HA setups.
Configure PostgreSQL on AWS and utilize AWS services (S3, IAM, CloudWatch, DMS).
Document environments, configurations, and procedures.

Skills

PostgreSQL

AWS

Database administration

High availability

Performance tuning

Backup & recovery

Replication

Security policies

Monitoring

Migration

Tools

pgAdmin

AWS CloudWatch

DMS

Job description

The candidate will work in Irvine, CA (Hybrid) with collaboration across development and infrastructure teams and will document configurations and procedures to ensure reliable database

Get your free, confidential resume review.

or drag and drop your file here.