PostgreSQL DBA
Posted 1 week ago by Levy Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of PostgreSQL DBA Contractor involves joining a technical infrastructure team to support complex production environments. The contractor will be responsible for database administration, performance tuning, and ensuring high availability and security. The position requires strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and collaboration with engineering teams. The role is hybrid, requiring three days in the office in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- PostgreSQL database administration and production support
- Performance tuning and optimisation
- High availability, replication, backup & disaster recovery
- Monitoring and troubleshooting database issues
- Supporting migrations/upgrades and platform improvements
- Working closely with infrastructure and engineering teams
- Ensuring security, reliability and scalability across the database environment
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on PostgreSQL DBA experience
- Ideally over 7 years of experience
- Experience supporting large-scale or high-availability environments
- Good understanding of query performance and PostgreSQL internals
- Comfortable working in fast-paced engineering-driven environments
- Great communication skills
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
PostgreSQL DBA Contractor 6 Months – London / Hybrid ( 3 Days in office)
I’m currently working on a fantastic opportunity for a strong hands-on PostgreSQL DBA contractor to join a highly technical infrastructure team supporting complex production environments.
Key responsibilities:
- PostgreSQL database administration and production support
- Performance tuning and optimisation
- High availability, replication, backup & disaster recovery
- Monitoring and troubleshooting database issues
- Supporting migrations/upgrades and platform improvements
- Working closely with infrastructure and engineering teams
- Ensuring security, reliability and scalability across the database environment
Tech environment:
- PostgreSQL
- Linux
- Cloud platforms – primarily Amazon Web Services / Aurora / RDS
- CI/CD, Terraform and automation tooling exposure beneficial
Looking for:
- Strong hands-on PostgreSQL DBA experience, Ideally over 7 years of experience
- Experience supporting large-scale or high-availability environments
- Good understanding of query performance and PostgreSQL internals
- Comfortable working in fast-paced engineering-driven environments
- Great Communication skills