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PostgreSQL DBA (Only W2)

Boston, MA · On-site

$70 - $78/hr

Role: PostgreSQL DBA Location: Boston, MA or NYC - Onsite, Hybrid Pay Rate: $70-78/hour on W2 ... Redshift user/group management, Databricks Unity Catalog access controls, IAM Roles/Policies, RDS ...

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Cloud DBA

Buffalo, NY · On-site

Cloud Database Administrator · 25% Cloud Data Platform Administration: Administer Azure Databricks ... RedShift * Experience with cloud computing, Infrastructure-as-a-service, and cloud networking ...

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Senior Database Manager

Stamford, CT · On-site

$53 - $73/hr

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, and/or Redshift with real production experience Leadership: DBA Manager, Database Services Manager, or Database Platform Manager responsible for operations, SLAs ...

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PostgreSQL DBA (Only W2)

PostgreSQL DBA (Only W2)

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Boston, MA • On-site

$70 - $78/hr

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Posted 19 days ago

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Role: PostgreSQL DBA

Location: Boston, MA or NYC - Onsite, Hybrid

Pay Rate: $70-78/hour on W2, client will not consider C2C

Job Responsibilities / Typical Day in the Role

• Operate Redshift clusters, Databricks workspaces, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL instances, and supporting AWS infrastructure

• Perform user/security tasks across platforms: Redshift user/group management, Databricks Unity Catalog access controls, IAM Roles/Policies, RDS parameter and access management

• Design and maintain open table format data lakes using Apache Iceberg on S3, including compaction, snapshot management, partition strategies, and schema evolution

• Profile production workloads and develop strategies to run optimized clusters and workspaces with scale and efficiency

• Provide architecture guidance and support to technical leads; help develop code and SQL for data assets, identify performance tuning opportunities, and work with developers to improve production systems

• Contribute to and maintain automation scripts and internal tooling with production-quality code standards (unit tests, peer review, documentation, Git-based workflows)

• Develop monitoring and recovery automation to identify and resolve issues to meet our high SLA

• Research new technologies and develop proofs of concept; propose technical improvements and new capabilities


Must Have Skills / Requirements

1) Experience with AWS data services: Redshift, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, EC2, Athena, Glue, Lake Formation

a. 3+ years

2) Experience with Databricks: workspace administration, Unity Catalog, cluster management, Spark SQL, Delta Live Tables or similar

a. 2+ years

3) Experience with PostgreSQL or Aurora PostgreSQL: query tuning, replication concepts, pg_stat views, parameter groups

a. 2+ years

4) Experience with AWS Security: IAM (Users, Groups, Roles, Policies, Instance Profiles), Redshift/RDS security, S3 bucket policies

a. 2+ years


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