Sr. Postgres DBA

Polarits; Maryland; Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Polarits is seeking a Sr. Postgres DBA to lead database architecture, optimization, and migration efforts in a remote role. You will manage HA/DR, continuous deployment, and security controls in AWS.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux, PostgreSQL performance tuning, DMS, and experience implementing pgAudit, RBAC, encryption, and audit logging, with a track record delivering SLAs and automation.

Formación

• Advanced PostgreSQL expertise with performance tuning techniques.
• Strong experience with Linux and AWS environments.
• Solid understanding of security and compliance controls (FISMA/FedRAMP).
• Experience with database migration and automation tooling.

Conocimientos

Database Migration Service (DMS)

High Availability architecture

Linux environment

AWS environment

Effective communication

Security & compliance (FISMA/FedRAMP)

pgAudit auditing

PostgreSQL performance tuning

Herramientas

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Liquibase

Flyway

Descripción del empleo

Job Tite: Sr. Postgres DBA
Location: Remote
Must be on our W2
Required Skills:

• Database Migration Service (DMS).
• Solid understanding of High Availability and Resiliency architecture (Multi-AZ and Multi-Region deployment architecture)
• Advanced experience in a Linux environment.
• Experience in an AWS environment.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Experience with database security and compliance controls, including FISMA/FedRAMP requirements, encryption at rest and in transit (SSL/TLS), role-based access control (RBAC), and audit logging using pgAudit.
• Advanced expertise with PostgreSQL query performance tuning, including use of EXPLAIN, index design and optimization, and autovacuum configuration.
• Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline) for database deployments; familiarity with database migration tools such as Liquibase or Flyway.
• Demonstrated performance leading IT services delivery and achieving service level agreements.
• Strong focus on automation and documentation.