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Senior PostgreSQL DBA (AWS Cloud & Migration Specialist)
Oakland, CA-Hybrid
6 months+ contract
Position Summary:

• We are seeking an experienced Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator with 12+ years of database administration experience to Migrate and support mission-critical database environments across on-premises and AWS cloud platforms.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for the administration, performance tuning, security, backup and recovery, high availability, automation, and migration of PostgreSQL databases.
• This role requires deep expertise in PostgreSQL database administration along with strong hands-on experience in AWS services, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), AWS CLI automation, monitoring, and large-scale database migration initiatives, including Oracle to AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL ,sqlserver to AWS RDS/Aurora PostgresSQL and On-Premises PostgreSQL to AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL.
• The successful candidate will work closely with application teams, infrastructure teams, cloud architects, and project stakeholders to ensure highly available, secure, and performant database environments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of Database Administration experience.
• 8+ years of PostgreSQL Database Administration experience.
• 5+ years of AWS & Azuew cloud database administration experience.
• Strong experience managing mission-critical production databases.
• Proven experience with PostgreSQL upgrades, migrations, and performance tuning.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• AWS Certified Database Specialty.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional.
• PostgreSQL Professional Certification.
• Experience with Enterprise Monitoring tools.
• Experience supporting large-scale utility, financial or regulated environments.
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized PostgreSQL environments.
• Experience with pgBouncer, Pgpool-II, Patroni, or similar PostgreSQL HA solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator (AWS Cloud & Migration Specialist)
• PostgreSQL Administration & AWS Cloud Experience
• Extensive experience installing, configuring, upgrading, patching, and maintaining PostgreSQL databases in enterprise environments.
• Proven experience monitoring database performance, availability, capacity, and storage utilization to ensure optimal system health.
• Strong expertise in performance tuning, query optimization, indexing strategies, and execution plan analysis.
• Experience managing database security, user roles, permissions, access controls, encryption, and compliance requirements.
• Skilled in troubleshooting database issues, performing root cause analysis, and resolving production incidents.
• Experience supporting production, development, test, QA, and disaster recovery environments.
• Strong background in capacity planning, workload analysis, and database growth forecasting.
• Experience providing on-call support and managing critical database operations.
• Extensive experience implementing and managing PostgreSQL backup and recovery solutions.
• Hands-on experience with pg_dump, pg_basebackup, WAL Archiving, and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR).
• Experience performing backup validation, restoration testing, and disaster recovery exercises.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery procedures and documentation.
• Ensure adherence to RTO/RPO requirements and business continuity standards.
• Experience configuring and administering PostgreSQL replication technologies.
• Design, implement, and support High Availability (HA) and disaster recovery architectures.
• Monitor replication health, troubleshoot synchronization issues, and optimize replication performance.
• Execute failover, switchover, and recovery activities with minimal downtime.
• Design and support highly available PostgreSQL architectures across on-premises and AWS cloud environments.
• AWS Database Administration Experience,Migration, Monitoring & Automation Experience
• Hands-on experience administering Amazon RDS PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, and EC2-hosted PostgreSQL environments.
• Experience provisioning, configuring, and managing cloud database infrastructure within AWS.
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize database performance using AWS-native monitoring tools.
• Implement database security controls, encryption, auditing, and compliance best practices.
• Experience managing AWS database backups, maintenance activities, upgrades, and patching.
• Strong understanding of AWS architecture, networking, IAM, KMS, and cloud operational best practices
• Extensive experience with AWS database administration, migration, monitoring, and automation across enterprise PostgreSQL environments.
• Hands-on experience utilizing AWS Lambda, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon SNS, AWS Systems Manager, and AWS CLI to implement automated database management solutions.
• Experience developing automated database health checks, proactive monitoring, and custom alerting solutions to improve database uptime and operational efficiency.
• Strong background in automating routine DBA tasks, operational processes, and infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and AWS-native services.
• Experience integrating monitoring, notification, and reporting platforms to provide real-time visibility into database performance and availability.
• Create and maintain operational dashboards, performance reports, and key metrics for database operations and service health.
• Experience in handling complex PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server migration projects across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Experience migrating On-Premises PostgreSQL databases to Amazon RDS PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Perform Oracle-to-PostgreSQL assessments, schema conversions, compatibility analysis, and performance optimization.
• Support PostgreSQL version upgrades, platform migrations, and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Extensive experience using AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS), AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT), and native database migration utilities.
• Execute end-to-end migration activities including assessment, planning, testing, cutover, validation, and post-migration support.
• Desired Outcomes & Deliverables
• Maintain highly available, secure, and scalable PostgreSQL database environments.
• Deliver optimized database performance, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Implement automated monitoring, alerting, reporting, and operational processes.
• Ensure disaster recovery readiness, backup compliance, and adherence to RTO/RPO requirements.
• Drive infrastructure automation and cloud adoption using Terraform and AWS services.
• Successfully execute database migration projects with minimal downtime and business impact.