Database Administrator

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12 hours ago

🏄 California – Remote

Although this job is listed in California, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $115k - $165k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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Berkeley Research Group (BRG)

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Berkeley Research Group (BRG) is a global consulting firm that helps leading organizations advance in the fields of corporate finance; economics, disputes, and investigations; and performance improvement. With offices around the world, we are an integrated group of experts, industry leaders, academics, data scientists, and professionals working beyond borders and disciplines. We harness our collective expertise to deliver the inspired insights and practical strategies our clients need to stay ahead of what's next.

1001 - 5000 employees

💰 Venture Round on 2020-07

📋 Description

• Administer and maintain PostgreSQL databases in cloud environments (Azure preferred). • Track database health, performance, and capacity using cloud-native and third-party monitoring tools. • Own backup strategy, integrity checks, retention policies, and disaster recovery planning. • Configure and maintain replication, failover, and high-availability setups across environments. • Build and maintain automation for provisioning, migrations, monitoring, and maintenance using IaC and scripting tools. • Improve performance through partnering with development teams on query tuning, indexing, schema design, normalization, and indexing strategies. • Implement security best practices for RBAC, encryption, auditing and patching. • Troubleshoot and resolve database-related incidents in collaboration with DevOps and engineering. • Develop root cause analysis findings and implement preventative actions.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or related field. • 5+ years of experience as a PostgreSQL DBA in a production environment. • Strong knowledge of Postgres internals, configuration, performance tuning, indexing, and vacuum strategies. • Experience with cloud-hosted database services (Azure PostgreSQL, Citus, Amazon RDS) • Familiarity with CI/CD-driven schema migration tools (Flyway, Liquibase, and Atlas) • Strong understanding of data security, encryption standards, and access controls. • Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to operate in production SaaS environments. • Proficiency with Ruby or Go (preferred but not required). • Microsoft SQL Server experience (preferred but not required). • Excellent collaboration and communication skills and able to partner effectively with software engineers, Security, DevOps, and SREs. • Candidate must be able to submit verification of their legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.