Cloud Database Engineer - PostgreSQL

Location: India, Hyderabad

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced PostgreSQl DBA to ensure reliability, performance, scalability, and operational excellence of our multi-cloud DBaaS platform across:

• Microsoft Azure
• Amazon Web Services
• Google Cloud Platform

🔹 What We’re Looking For

• 3-5+ years in PostgreSQL
• Exposure to cloud ( AWS , Azure , GCP - Any )
• Someone who is ok to work from office - Hyderabad Location
• Deep HA/DR & performance tuning expertise
• Automation-first mindset (Terraform, scripting, CI/CD)
• Experience in SaaS/DBaaS environments preferred

For a PostgreSQL DBA in a DBaaS (Database-as-a-Service) support role, the following mandatory skills are typically required:

1. Database Administration (DBA) Skills

• Primary Database: PostgreSQL
• Secondary Database: Any DB
• Database Backup & Recovery: Tools and strategies for database backups and disaster recovery.
• Performance Tuning: Query optimization, indexing strategies, and database performance troubleshooting.
• Database Security: User management, roles, access control, and auditing.

2. Cloud Infrastructure Knowledge (DBaaS)

• Cloud Platforms: AWS (RDS, Aurora), Azure (Cosmos DB, SQL Database), GCP (Cloud SQL, Firestore).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes.
• Kubernetes & Containers: Running databases in containers (like Kubernetes).
• Observability Tools: ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
• Database Migration: Migrating databases across different platforms or cloud environments.
• Database Scaling: Vertical and horizontal scaling techniques in cloud environments.

3. SRE Principles (Site Reliability Engineering)

• Incident Management: Handling database outages, incident response, and on-call rotations.
• Monitoring and Alerting: Tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch.
• Service Level Objectives (SLOs) / Service Level Agreements (SLAs): Ensuring uptime and performance targets.
• Disaster Recovery Planning: Ensuring high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.

4. Scripting and Automation

• Scripting Languages: Python, Shell scripting, Bash, PowerShell.
• Automation Tools: Ansible, Puppet, Chef.
• Infrastructure Automation: Automating database deployment, patching, and scaling

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