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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Postgres DBA - **Company:** Spinnaker Support - **Location:** London, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Database, Cloud Engineering, Cluster Analysis, Databases, HAProxy, Monitoring of Systems, PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Open Source Technology, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, Migration Manager, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Spinnaker, Data Streaming, Backup and Restore, Scripting, Google Cloud, System Availability, Grafana, Database Migration, Amazon Relational Database Service, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Vmware - **Published:** May 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=831d45bf06408735 ## About the Role Do you have experience in VMware?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience * 15+ years of database administration, architecture, or support experience * 10+ years hands-on PostgreSQL experience in enterprise environments * Strong experience with PostgreSQL performance tuning, HA/DR, replication, backup/recovery, and security * Engagement in Postgres Community as contributor or reviewer. * Experience with PostgreSQL migrations from Oracle, SQL Server, or other commercial databases Preferred * Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP * Experience with enterprise PostgreSQL distributions such as EDB, Crunchy Data, or similar * PostgreSQL or cloud certifications preferred, * Expert-level understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, internals, administration, and ecosystem tooling * Strong understanding of replication technologies, clustering, connection pooling, backup/recovery, and observability frameworks * Experience with Linux system administration and scripting * Knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native database deployments is highly desirable * Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work effectively in ambiguous or rapidly evolving environments * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Strong remote working discipline with the ability to independently manage customer and internal deliverables Preferred Technical Experience * PostgreSQL * Patroni, PgBouncer, HAProxy * Streaming Replication and Logical Replication * Backup technologies such as pgBackRest or Barman * Monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK * Cloud database services including Amazon RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud SQL * Database migration and schema conversion tools * Infrastructure automation using Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools * Kubernetes operators for PostgreSQL ## Description Spinnaker Support has an immediate need for a PostgreSQL Technical Solution Architect (TSA) to join our team in India. The TSA will possess deep technical expertise across PostgreSQL database technologies, enterprise open-source ecosystems, and associated high availability, performance, migration, and cloud-native architectures. The TSA will engage in critical aspects of database support delivery and solution lifecycle management including technical analysis, architecture design, migration planning, performance optimization, troubleshooting, implementation, customer advisory, team development, and pre-sales support activities. The TSA will act as a trusted advisor to customers and internal teams, providing expert-level architectural guidance for complex PostgreSQL environments across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud deployments. The role requires the ability to manage technical compliance, operational resilience, and best practices throughout all stages of the database lifecycle., * This position is considered level 4 help desk support. * Must have excellent customer focus and communication, friendly interaction, and a passion to help customers with their software issues. * Provide technical expertise required by application support team. * Ability to troubleshoot customer issues in an environment where online and remotely connected to the customer's systems. * Must have ability to work well within a collaborative team environment. * Drive customer satisfaction by tracking issues from start to closure. * Occasional after hours, weekends and holiday support including participating in on-call rotation. * Lead architecture and design discussions for enterprise PostgreSQL solutions * Serve as the technical lead and trusted advisor for complex customer engagements * Collaborate with engineering, support, delivery, and sales teams to ensure successful customer outcomes * Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team capability development * Participate in escalation handling for critical production issues and provide advanced troubleshooting support * Identify opportunities for automation, operational efficiency, and process improvement ## Related Videos - [Optimizing Discovery: PostgreSQL's Role in Transforming GetYourGuide's Search](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1647-optimizing-discovery-postgresql-s-role-in-transforming-getyourguide-s-search) - [Dev & Test in the Cloud? 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