Senior PostgreSQL DBA with High Availability & Security

Cayuse Holdings; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Life Insurance (Basic) and AD&D

Voluntary Life and AD&D

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Cayuse Holdings is seeking a Database Administrator to design, implement, and maintain PostgreSQL databases across enterprise systems. The role emphasizes security, data integrity, and performance tuning in a complex IT environment.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in database administration, strong PostgreSQL expertise, and experience with migrations, cloud services, and observability tools. On-site work is required with potential for cross-project collaborations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience in database administration and management.
• PostgreSQL (v13+) in medium to large-scale deployments.
• Strong knowledge of database design, administration, and optimization.
• Experience with backup/recovery and high-availability configurations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain moderately complex databases to meet business and operational needs.
• Ensure efficient database configurations and up-to-date database dictionaries.
• Integrate systems through robust database designs.
• Administer PostgreSQL environments, version 13+.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement robust security measures.
• Migrate from Oracle to PostgreSQL and manage AWS RDS/Aurora deployments.
• Develop and deploy monitoring/alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• Handle environment setup, patching, performance tuning, and capacity planning.

Skills

Communication

Multitasking

Detail-oriented

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Confidential handling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS (RDS/Aurora)

Monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana)

Job description

Cayuse Holdings is seeking a Database Administrator to design, implement, and maintain PostgreSQL databases across enterprise systems. The role emphasizes security, data integrity, and performance tuning in a complex IT environment.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in database administration, strong PostgreSQL expertise, and experience with migrations, cloud services, and observability tools. On-site work is required with potential for cross-project collaborations.