Senior PostgreSQL Engineer – High-Availability Data Platform

Vantor; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to support the architecture, optimization, and operational support of PostgreSQL databases for a large-scale U.S. Government analytics platform.

This role ensures high availability, performance, and security in a secure, cloud-enabled environment. You will collaborate with software engineers, data engineers, DevSecOps, and system administrators to deliver reliable data services while maintaining strict compliance and security standards.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly required.
• 14+ years of professional technical experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years administering PostgreSQL environments.
• Strong PostgreSQL performance tuning, backup/recovery, replication, and HA architectures.
• Experience with Linux-based production environments and scripting (Bash/Python).
• Experience with PostgreSQL in cloud, hybrid, or containerized environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer, and maintain PostgreSQL environments for mission-critical apps.
• Optimize performance via tuning, indexing, partitioning, and capacity planning.
• Implement high availability, replication, backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring.
• Develop database automation using scripting and Infrastructure as Code.
• Collaborate with application, data engineering, and DevSecOps teams to support deployments.

Skills

PostgreSQL expertise

Database performance tuning

Linux production environments

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Cloud/hybrid/containerized deployments

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Bash

Python

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

Job description

Vantor is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to support the architecture, optimization, and operational support of PostgreSQL databases for a large-scale U.S. Government analytics platform.

This role ensures high availability, performance, and security in a secure, cloud-enabled environment. You will collaborate with software engineers, data engineers, DevSecOps, and system administrators to deliver reliable data services while maintaining strict compliance and security standards.