Senior PostgreSQL DBA - High Availability & Performance

Reverside; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Reverside, Johannesburg-based IT services provider, seeks an experienced Database Administrator to maintain PostgreSQL environments, ensure availability, and oversee backup/recovery, performance tuning, and HA architectures through collaboration with Infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams.

The role demands 5+ years in DBA roles, 3+ years PostgreSQL administration in enterprise settings, database migrations/upgrades, and ITIL-based support familiarity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, IT or related field.
• PostgreSQL certifications advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Database Administrator.
• Minimum 3 years' hands-on PostgreSQL administration in enterprise environments.
• Experience with database migration and upgrade projects.
• Experience in ITIL-based support environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain database availability and stability.
• Ensure successful backup and recovery processes.
• Optimize database performance and capacity.
• Support application and infrastructure projects.
• Implement and maintain high-availability solutions.
• Ensure compliance with security and governance requirements.

Skills

Mentoring

ITIL experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / IT

PostgreSQL certifications advantageous

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Prometheus

Grafana

Zabbix

Datadog

SolarWinds

Streaming Replication

Logical Replication

Job description

Reverside, Johannesburg-based IT services provider, seeks an experienced Database Administrator to maintain PostgreSQL environments, ensure availability, and oversee backup/recovery, performance tuning, and HA architectures through collaboration with Infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams.

The role demands 5+ years in DBA roles, 3+ years PostgreSQL administration in enterprise settings, database migrations/upgrades, and ITIL-based support familiarity.