Senior PostgreSQL DBA (Azure) | Hybrid LA Contract

Randstad Digital Americas; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

AD&D

401K plan

Job summary

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL DBA for a 6‑month contract in Los Angeles, CA. This structured hybrid role requires three days in the office with flexibility to work remotely on other days.

The candidate will manage Azure PostgreSQL and self‑managed PostgreSQL, handle upgrades, tuning, and security, and reside in approved West LA area. Responsibilities include cloud and on‑premises deployments, performance tuning, security enforcement, and incident leadership.

Qualifications

• Azure hosting experience is non‑negotiable. PostgreSQL experience on other clouds won't be considered.
• 7+ years administering PostgreSQL in production.
• 3+ years hosting PostgreSQL on Azure, including Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server.

Responsibilities

• Own design, availability, performance, and security of production PostgreSQL on Azure.
• Architect high‑availability and disaster‑recovery topology (active‑passive and active‑active).
• Stay current on PostgreSQL 17/18/19 and apply major upgrades.
• Manage read replicas and ensure replica lag meets SLA.
• Configure backups, PITR, and restore testing.
• Monitor performance with EXPLAIN, pg_stat_statements, and Azure tools.
• Mentor junior DBAs and collaborate with teams on schema changes.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Azure

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Linux

Windows Server

Performance tuning

Security

Tools

PgBackRest

Terraform

PowerShell

Bicep

Job description

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL DBA for a 6‑month contract in Los Angeles, CA. This structured hybrid role requires three days in the office with flexibility to work remotely on other days.

The candidate will manage Azure PostgreSQL and self‑managed PostgreSQL, handle upgrades, tuning, and security, and reside in approved West LA area. Responsibilities include cloud and on‑premises deployments, performance tuning, security enforcement, and incident leadership.