{"id":1580821,"url":"https://alion.io/job/software-mind-wbg-database-administrator-postgresql","title":"[WBG] Database Administrator (PostgreSQL)","company":{"id":7464,"name":"Software Mind","domain":"softwaremind.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/softwaremind","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"services","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":null},"role":"Data Science","role_family":"Data Science","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Warsaw, Poland"],"countries":["PL"],"hiring_countries":["PL"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":63000,"max_usd":93000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":61},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"Azure DevOps","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"DNS","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"Least Privilege","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Entra ID","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Fabric","optional":false},{"name":"MS SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Oracle","optional":false},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":false},{"name":"Snowflake","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Terraform","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-30T11:32:01Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-30","last_verified_at":"2026-10-01T13:01:57Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Software Mind develops solutions that make an impact for companies around the globe. Tech giants & unicorns, transformative projects, emerging technologies and limitless opportunities - these are a few words that describe an average day for us. Building cross-functional engineering teams that take ownership and crave more means we’re always on the lookout for talented people who bring passion and creativity to every project. Our culture embraces openness, acts with respect, shows grit & guts and combines employment with enjoyment.\n Project - the aim you’ll have\nWe are seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) to join our Data Platforms team. This role is responsible for the PostgreSQL database platform, with a particular focus on Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, supporting critical production systems within a highly regulated financial services environment.\nThe successful candidate will be responsible for the administration, optimisation, security, availability, and ongoing lifecycle management of enterprise PostgreSQL environments. The role supports mission-critical business applications, cloud deployments, and development teams delivering strategic technology solutions.\nRole - how you’ll contribute\nAdminister and support PostgreSQL database environments, primarily Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server.\nEnsure high availability, resilience, performance, and security of production PostgreSQL systems.\nPerform backup and recovery, point-in-time restore, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, capacity management, and maintenance activities.\nConfigure and optimise PostgreSQL technologies and features including MVCC, VACUUM/autovacuum, WAL, replication, indexing, statistics, roles and privileges, and extensions.\nDesign and support Azure PostgreSQL capabilities including high availability, read replicas, private networking, backup and disaster recovery.\nSupport PostgreSQL security controls, authentication, TLS, least-privilege access, auditing, and integration with Microsoft Entra ID where appropriate.\nMonitor and troubleshoot query performance, locking, long-running transactions, connection utilisation, replication lag, storage, and database health.\nSupport connection management and pooling solutions such as PgBouncer.\nParticipate in cloud transformation and database migration initiatives, including migration of workloads to PostgreSQL.\nSupport Database DevOps, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and Azure DevOps.\nParticipate in incident, problem, and change management processes.\nMaintain operational documentation, standards, runbooks, and support project onboarding activities.\nProvide PostgreSQL technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to other database professionals.\nParticipate in on-call rota and out-of-hours support where required.\n Expectations - the experience you need\n5+ years’ experience administering PostgreSQL environments, including mission-critical production systems.\nStrong PostgreSQL administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting experience.\nExperience with PostgreSQL internals including MVCC, VACUUM/autovacuum, WAL, query planning, statistics, indexing, locking, and transaction management.\nExperience designing and operating highly available and resilient PostgreSQL environments.\nExperience with backup, point-in-time recovery, replication, disaster recovery, patching, and major-version upgrades.\nExperience with Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server or equivalent enterprise managed PostgreSQL services.\nExperience with Azure networking and security concepts relevant to managed databases, including private connectivity, DNS, identity, and access control.\nExperience managing PostgreSQL roles, privileges, authentication, extensions, and security configuration.\nStrong SQL skills and experience diagnosing and optimising complex queries.\nLinux administration and shell scripting skills.\nExperience with automation and Infrastructure as Code in cloud environments.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.\nExperience operating within formal incident and change management frameworks.\nAdditional skills - the edge you have\nDeep experience with Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in enterprise production environments.\nExperience with PostgreSQL migration and assessment tooling, including migrations from Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server.\nOracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server administration experience.\nExperience with PgBouncer and application connection-pooling patterns.\nKnowledge of PostgreSQL observability tooling and Azure Monitor integration.\nTerraform experience for automated database provisioning.\nExperience integrating PostgreSQL with data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric or Snowflake.\nExperience establishing PostgreSQL engineering standards, operational runbooks, and production-readiness controls.\nFinancial services or investment management sector experience.\n• Azure DevOps pipeline and Git workflow experience.\n What we offer:\nFlexible and remote cooperation options\nInternational projects with leading global clients\nTravels related to international projects\nNon-corporate atmosphere\nAccess* to language classes\nAccess* to knowledge-sharing initiatives\nAccess* to private healthcare and life insurance\nAccess* to multisport card\n*The availability and terms of individual benefits may vary depending on the chosen form of cooperation.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5447,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Poland","iso":"PL","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams","Custom Software Development","Cloud Consulting & Migration"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-01T13:01:57Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":17,"reasons":["conf:7","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T20:23:51Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/software-mind-wbg-database-administrator-postgresql","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/software-mind-wbg-database-administrator-postgresql.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T20:23:51Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2920,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2080,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}