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Senior PostgreSQL DBA

ICT Mondial Inc, Woodlawn, MD, United States


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Job Title: Senior PostgreSQL DBA

Location:

Woodlawn, MD (On-site — 5 Days/Week)

Job Type:

Contract

Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled

Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA)

to support enterprise-level database architecture, administration, and optimization in a cloud-based environment. This role requires deep expertise in PostgreSQL, AWS infrastructure, performance tuning, automation, and high-availability solutions.

The ideal candidate will be hands-on, detail-oriented, and experienced in managing large-scale PostgreSQL environments in both development and production settings.

Key Responsibilities

Design, architect, build, test, and maintain PostgreSQL databases

Administer PostgreSQL environments across development and production lifecycles

Deploy and manage PostgreSQL on AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2)

Optimize database performance, query throughput, and latency

Design logical and physical database schemas

Implement replication, Change Data Capture (CDC), and disaster recovery solutions

Develop automation scripts for backups, startup/shutdown, and monitoring

Implement horizontal and vertical scaling strategies

Support zero-downtime deployments (blue-green deployments)

Write and optimize complex SQL queries

Support Agile development processes and CI/CD pipelines

Provide technical guidance and collaborate with cross-functional teams

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

7 years of relational database administration experience

7 years working with database infrastructure on Linux/Unix systems

Strong expertise in PostgreSQL architecture and performance tuning

Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and database deployments

Experience with replication and high-availability configurations

Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, PL/pgSQL, Groovy)

Experience with database partitioning and data management strategies

Experience implementing disaster recovery solutions

Strong communication and collaboration skillsAbility to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Must be able to work on-site in Woodlawn, MD five days per week

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) environments

Experience with pgAdmin, DBeaver, or similar tools

Experience with Liquibase

Experience with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines

Experience with Git-based source control

Experience tuning large-scale enterprise systems

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