Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

Job Title: Senior DBA (PostgreSQL / AWS RDS)
Location: 100% Remote (USA)
Duration: 2+ Years
Experience: 8+ Years
Education: Bachelor's Degree Required

Work Authorization: USC, GC EAD, H4 EAD

Important Requirement: Candidates must have lived in the United States for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

Key Technical Requirements:

• Strong PostgreSQL DBA experience with AWS RDS
• Database administration experience with MySQL, SQL Server, or Oracle
• PostgreSQL performance tuning, query optimization, EXPLAIN, indexing, and autovacuum
• AWS services including RDS, DMS, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation
• Database replication, CDC, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery
• Strong scripting experience with Python, Bash/Shell
• Linux administration and database automation
• High Availability, Multi-AZ, and Multi-Region architectures
• Database security, encryption, RBAC, and FedRAMP/FISMA compliance
• Git, CI/CD pipelines, Liquibase, or Flyway

Nice to Have:

• AWS Glue, Athena, Lambda, and Redshift
• Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible
• Java and PySpark application support

Pay: $50.00 - $55.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Work Location: Remote