Database Administrator
Posted 17 Sep 2025
Advertised as “DataBase Administrator”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 3+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Remote
- Visa sponsorship
- Offered
Compensation
No salary listed for this role.
Role speciality
Database AdministrationPostgreSQL
Useful technologies
Amazon Web ServicesAnsibleAWS CloudWatchAzureBashCloudFormationDatadogGitLab CIGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesOpenTofuPostgreSQLPrometheusPythonSQLStrimzi KafkaTerraformYandex CloudZalando
Cloud Services Team:
We are looking for a skilled Database Administrator with proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing large-scale, high-performance database systems. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of mission-critical databases across multiple technologies and environments.
**Challenges that await you:
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- Architect and optimize database infrastructures to support large-scale, high-traffic workloads.
- Administer and maintain clusters across PostgreSQL
- Design and operate backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring business continuity.
- Automate operational processes, including scaling, monitoring, and maintenance, using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform,OpenTofu, CloudFormation), Ansible, Gitlab CI
- Optimize performance at every layer: schema design, query execution, indexing, caching, and storage.
- Configure and manage replication and sharding strategies for high availability, fault tolerance, and geo-distribution.
- Ensure compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and enforce database security best practices.
**What makes you a great fit:
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- 3+ years of hands-on experience as a DBA in production-grade, distributed environments.
- Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL
- Proven expertise in managing databases across major cloud platforms (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Yandex Cloud)
- Advanced expertise in SQL query tuning, schema optimization, and indexing strategies.
- Strong experience with replication, partitioning, and clustering in high-availability systems.
- Proficiency in backup, restore, and failover mechanisms in multi-AZ and multi-region setups.
- Skills in automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Go).
- Familiarity with Kubernetes-based deployments(example operator Zalando for PG,Strimzi Kafka) and modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch).
- B1 or higher English level for effective communication with an international team
**Your bonus skills:
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- Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation).
**Our ways of working:
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- Innovative Spirit: A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions