Postgres DBA (Experienced/Senior Level)

Postgres DBA (Experienced/Senior Level)

UK Based. Remote working.

Opportunity to work with a Leading player in the fast growing OpenSource Database market.

Our client are looking for a talented and experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, optimize, and maintain PostgreSQL databases in a high-performance and mission-critical environment. You will work closely with teams across the organisation to ensure database availability, performance, security, and scalability.

You will have strong knowledge in database tuning, backups, high availability, monitoring systems, and automation (especially with tools like Ansible).

Your responsibility will be across the following core areas:

Installation

• Install and configure new database Servers using best practices.
• Knowledge of High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Upgrade minor and major versions.

Backup and recovery

• Ensure all database Servers are backed up.
• Perform restoration testing.

Database maintenance

.Database monitoring

Performance Tuning

Documentation and Training

Additional Experience in some of the following desirable

• Containers or Kubernetes knowledge and experience is a plus
• Linux OS experience
• Programming language experience is a plus (Java, Python, Shell, etc)
• Strong understanding of database structure and design principles
• Familiarity with database security principles
• Solid Scripting skills including pl/pgsql Scripting and stored procedures
• Familiarity with a variety of installation platforms including Linux, Cloud, and Cloud provider-managed instances