Senior Infrastructure Engineer (PostgreSQL DBA)
Core
Senior Infrastructure Engineer responsible for PostgreSQL DBA operations, reliability, and automation on Amazon Aurora.
Role type
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (PostgreSQL DBA)
Builds
Reliable, automated PostgreSQL clusters and data-layer infrastructure for enterprise AI orchestration.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Database Reliability
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
PostgreSQL operations, query optimization, index strategy, schema design, Aurora management, Terraform, Ansible, Linux, incident response, RCA, scripting (Bash/Python/Go)
Preferred skills
ClickHouse, OpenSearch, Redis/Valkey, Neo4j, Kubernetes, Vault, ArgoCD, GitOps, AI coding assistants
Technologies
AWS, Aurora PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, PgBouncer, Terraform, Ansible, VictoriaMetrics, Vault, Linux
Responsibilities
Own day-to-day PostgreSQL operations including index creation, query-plan analysis, schema reviews, and data migrations; Partner with application teams on data-model decisions and scalability; Operate and tune Aurora PostgreSQL parameters, replicas, and failover; Run and evolve PgBouncer connection-pooling layer; Automate manual runbooks for upgrades, switchover, and provisioning; Drive incident response and RCAs for database issues; Maintain database observability dashboards and alerts.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC