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# Urgent Need - PostgreSQL DBA in Sunnyvale, CA or Austin, TX

- **Company:** Komplete Teleservices
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Databases, PostgreSQL, Backup and Restore, Scripting, Google Cloud, Software Troubleshooting, Kubernetes, Database Replication
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ec97546c-4bdc-4907-a087-a93d9207280e

## About the Role

2. Hands-on experience with logical and physical backup and restore strategies, including Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR).
 3. Proven experience in performing minor and major PostgreSQL version upgrades.
 4. Extensive experience with database replication and high-availability solutions.
 5. Responsible for day-to-day database operations, monitoring, and performance troubleshooting(CPU/load, locks, blocking, long-running queries, etc..).
 6. Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL configuration parameters, system catalogs, and performance views.
 7. Experience with routine database maintenance activities(vacuum, analyze, reindex, patching).
 8. Hands-on exposure to cloud-based PostgreSQL deploymentson AWS (RDS/EC2) and/or Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
 9. Strong experience with HA/DR tools such as Repmgr, Pgpool, and pgBackRest.
 10. Solid hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes.
 11. Strong scripting skills in Shell and/or Pythonfor automation and monitoring.
 12. Proven experience administering multi-terabyte, high-performance production databases.
 13. Ability to independently learn, adapt, and implement new technologies.
 14. Excellent communication skillswith the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams.
 15. Experience in designing and supporting large-scale, mission-critical database infrastructurewith high transaction volumes.

## Description

1. Strong understanding of PostgreSQL architecture and internal components.