Designation : PostgreSQL Database Administrator.

Location : Wadgaonsheri, Pune.

Experience : 5 to 10 yrs.

Type : On site, Full Time.

Overview :

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 applications.

Key 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 needed.

Requirement :

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 plus.

Benefits :

- 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.

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