Designation
: PostgreSQL Database Administrator.
Location
: Wadgaonsheri, Pune.
Experience
: 5 to 10 yrs.
Type
: On site, Full :We are looking for a highly skilled Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator with 7-10 years of experience, ideally within the insuretech or insurance domain.This is a critical role responsible for ensuring the integrity, performance, and scalability of our PostgreSQL environments including advanced time-series workloads with TimescaleDB and high availability via Patroni.You will also play a key role in implementing and maintaining observability and alerting solutions, with a preference for OpenTelemetry, though experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or SigNoz is also highly valued.You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver resilient data infrastructure for mission-critical Responsibilities :
Database Deployment & Management
- Design, deploy, and maintain robust PostgreSQL clusters in production and staging environments.
High Availability
- Configure, manage, and monitor Patroni-based PostgreSQL clusters to ensure automatic failover and minimal downtime.
Time-Series Data
- Implement and optimize TimescaleDB for handling large-scale time-series data and analytics.
Performance Tuning
- Monitor database health, analyze performance, tune queries, and optimize indexes to ensure peak performance.
Backup & Disaster Recovery
- Develop and automate backup, restore, and disaster recovery processes that meet compliance and business requirements.
Observability & Alerting
- Integrate, configure, and manage observability solutions using OpenTelemetry (preferred), or Prometheus, Grafana, or SigNoz to ensure proactive monitoring and alerting of database health and performance.
Collaboration
- Work closely with DevOps, engineering, and data teams to support application development, deployment, and incident response.
Security & Compliance
- Implement and maintain database security policies and ensure compliance with industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
Documentation & Best Practices
- Document architecture, processes, and best practices; mentor junior team members as :
Experience
- 5-10 years hands-on experience as a PostgreSQL DBA, with a track record of supporting production environments.
Technical Skills
- Advanced expertise with PostgreSQL administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- In-depth experience with TimescaleDB extension for time-series data.
- Hands-on experience configuring and managing Patroni for high availability.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with database schema design.
- Proficiency in observability and alerting tools : OpenTelemetry (preferred), Prometheus, Grafana, or SigNoz.
- Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation.
Cloud & Containers
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is a :
- Exposure in fastest growing industry.
- Experience in domain.
- Opportunity to work on innovative projects shaping the Indian insurance sector.
- Supportive, collaborative, and growth-oriented culture.
If interested, kindly share your resume with below required details-
Total Experience-Relevant Experience-Current CTC-Expected CTC-Current Company-Current Designation-Reason for leaving-Are you serving Notice period-If no, then Notice Period-How soon you can join, if selected-Current Location in Pune-Available for face to face interview-Updated CV-Experience in PostgreSQL DBA-(ref:hirist.tech)
