PostgreSQL DBA - Infrastructure Cloud (O Chazo)

Innoit Consulting
Lalín, Spain
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
€ 70K

Job location

Lalín, Spain

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Bash
Cloud Engineering
Databases
Data Infrastructure
Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements)
Database Queries
DevOps
Monitoring of Systems
Python
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
MySQL
NoSQL
Performance Tuning
Query Optimization
Redis
Site Reliability Engineering Practices
Standard Sql
SQL Stored Procedures
Data Streaming
Datadog
Sql Optimization
GitHub Copilot
System Availability
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Kubernetes
Kafka
Terraform
Docker

Job description

Innoit Consulting in Galicia, Spain is seeking a Senior DBA - Reliability Engineer to ensure high availability and performance of data infrastructure. The role requires deep expertise in database administration combined with SRE principles., * Own the design and maintenance of highly available database systems.

  • Conduct performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning.
  • Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies.
  • Establish and monitor SLOs and SLIs for database systems.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and incident response.

Conocimientos

Database Administration SQL Skills PostgreSQL AWS RDS/Aurora Terraform Python or Bash Scripting Datadog Kubernetes Descripción del empleo, We welcome experienced DBAs who are eager to grow into SRE practices - full training and mentoring provided. What You'll Do

  • Own the design and maintenance of highly available database systems (99.9%+ uptime), including installation, configuration, monitoring, and optimization
  • Conduct performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning for production databases
  • Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies with automated failover
  • Establish and monitor SLOs and SLIs for database systems
  • Partner with development teams on query optimization and performance reviews, acting as a reliability advocate embedded in engineering workflows
  • Participate in on-call rotation and incident response; lead post-incident reviews and drive preventive measures
  • Automate operational tasks through IaC and scripting; build self-service database provisioning tools
  • Champion database reliability and DevOps practices across engineering teams, mentoring developers on reliability principles

Requirements

Responsibilities include maintaining highly available database systems, performance tuning, and implementing backup strategies. Candidates with 5+ years of experience and skills in PostgreSQL and AWS databases will excel. Opportunity for full training and mentoring available., * 5+ years of hands-on database administration experience in production environments.

  • Advanced SQL skills including complex queries and performance optimization.
  • Experience with AWS databases such as RDS and Aurora., * 5+ years of hands-on database administration experience in production environments
  • Advanced SQL skills: complex queries, stored procedures, performance optimization, and execution plan analysis
  • PostgreSQL (required); MySQL and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis) are a plus
  • AWS cloud databases: RDS and Aurora (required)
  • Terraform for IaC (required)
  • Monitoring & Observability: Datadog (APM, logs, dashboards, alerting), OpenTelemetry
  • Python or Bash scripting for database automation; comfortable using AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor)
  • Kubernetes and Docker knowledge (preferred)
  • Kafka or event streaming experience (preferred)
  • Experience with high-availability clusters, replication, and

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