Sr. PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA)

Hartford, CT, US • Posted 21 hours ago • Updated 20 hours ago
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Contract Independent
Contract W2
On-site
Depends on Experience
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Job Details

Skills

  • PostgreSQL
  • DBA
  • GCP/Azure

Summary

Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA)

Minneapolis, MN or Hartford, CT (4 days onsite) (Need only local candidates)

Exp: 9+ years

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator to serve as a subject matter expert for our database ecosystems. You will be responsible for the health, performance, and security of our PostgreSQL instances across both on-premises data centers and cloud environments (Google Cloud Platform/Azure). The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver who excels at performance tuning, high-availability architecture, and seamless cloud migrations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Core Administration:Lead the installation, configuration, and lifecycle management of PostgreSQL. Manage database refreshes, security patching, and version upgrades to ensure 99.9% uptime.
  • Performance Engineering:Actively monitor and optimize database performance. You will analyze execution plans, tune postgresql.conf parameters, and manage indexing strategies to resolve bottlenecks.
  • High Availability:Design and maintain robust HA clusters using repmgr. Take ownership of failover testing, node recovery, and split-brain prevention.
  • Cloud & Migration:Design and execute low-downtime migration strategies from legacy on-premises hardware to Cloud SQL or Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
  • Data Protection:Oversee comprehensive Backup & Recovery (PITR) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies using both native tools and enterprise solutions.
  • Replication Management:Configure and troubleshoot streaming and logical replication to support data synchronization and reporting offloads.
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  • Dice Id: 10120177
  • Position Id: 8919819
  • Posted 21 hours ago
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