Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced PostgreSQl DBA to ensure reliability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence of our multi-cloud DBaaS platform across:

- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud Platform

What We’re Looking For

- 3-5+ years in PostgreSQL
- Exposure to cloud ( AWS, Azure, GCP - Any )
- Someone who is ok to work from office - Hyderabad Location
- Deep HA/DR & performance tuning expertise
- Automation-first mindset (Terraform, scripting, CI/CD)
- Experience in SaaS/DBaaS environments preferred

For a PostgreSQL DBA in a DBaaS (Database-as-a-Service) support role, the following mandatory skills are typically required: 1. Database Administration (DBA) Skills

- Primary Database: PostgreSQL :

- Secondary Database :Any DB

- Database Backup & Recovery :Tools and strategies for database backups and disaster recovery.

- Performance Tuning :Query optimization, indexing strategies, and database performance troubleshooting.

- Database Security :User management, roles, access control, and auditing.

2. Cloud Infrastructure Knowledge (DBaaS)

- Cloud Platforms :AWS (RDS, Aurora), Azure (Cosmos DB, SQL Database), GCP (Cloud SQL, Firestore).
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)



:Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes.
- Kubernetes & Containers :Running databases in containers (like Kubernetes).
- Observability Tools :ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
- Database Migration :Migrating databases across different platforms or cloud environments.
- Database Scaling :Vertical and horizontal scaling techniques in cloud environments.

3. SRE Principles (Site Reliability Engineering)

- Incident Management :Handling database outages, incident response, and on-call rotations.
- Monitoring and Alerting :Tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch.
- Service Level Objectives (SLOs) / Service Level Agreements (SLAs) :Ensuring uptime and performance targets.
- Disaster Recovery Planning :Ensuring high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.

4. Scripting and Automation

- Scripting Languages :Python, Shell scripting, Bash, PowerShell.
- Automation Tools :Ansible, Puppet, Chef.
- Infrastructure Automation :Automating database deployment, patching, and scaling

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