About the Role
The role involves supporting database infrastructure with a focus on reliability, security, and efficiency while collaborating with engineering teams to implement scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and maintain database performance and stability
- Perform regular database backups and recovery procedures
- Implement and manage replication and failover strategies
- Optimize query performance through indexing and tuning
- Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues
- Enforce security policies and access controls for database systems
- Support database schema design and evolution
- Collaborate with development teams on data modeling
- Ensure compliance with data protection standards
- Maintain documentation for database configurations and processes
- Deploy database changes in staging and production environments
- Participate in on-call rotation for incident response
- Upgrade and patch database software as needed
- Configure monitoring tools for database health
- Assist in capacity planning and resource forecasting
- Support migration of databases across environments
- Work with automation tools for database provisioning
- Enforce backup retention and disaster recovery policies
- Review and apply database security patches
- Collaborate on performance benchmarking and reporting
Nice to Have
- Experience with PostgreSQL extensions such as pg_partman or pg_stat_statements
- Knowledge of time-series data handling in PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines involving database changes
- Experience with database auditing and compliance frameworks
- Involvement in open-source database communities
Compensation
Competitive salary and benefits package
Work Arrangement
Remote position with flexible hours
Team
Collaborative engineering team focused on security and infrastructure
Why This Role Matters
This position plays a key role in maintaining the backbone of data infrastructure, ensuring systems are resilient, secure, and ready to scale with growing demands.
What We Offer
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge database technologies, flexible scheduling, professional development support, and a team-oriented remote culture.
No visa sponsorship available
