Database Administrator

Actively Reviewing the Applications

Skan AI

India, Karnataka Full-Time On-site

Posted 2 hours ago • Apply by June 4, 2026

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced PostgreSQL DBA to manage and optimise highly loaded PostgreSQL databases handling large volumes of data. The role involves ensuring database performance, availability, scalability, and reliability across self-managed and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

Administer, maintain, and upgrade PostgreSQL databases across environments
Manage high-volume and high-traffic databases with large datasets
Monitor and optimise performance, queries, indexing, vacuum, and auto vacuum
Define and manage connection thresholds and pooling.
Implement and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies
Design and support replication, read replicas, and high-availability setups
Understand and apply sharding and partitioning strategies when required
Manage schema migrations using Alembic
Understand and evaluate Liquibase vs Alembic usage
Support PostgreSQL in self-managed (on-prem) and cloud environments
Good troubleshooting skills.
Helps in design schema and make sure things are in order.

Required Skills

5–10 years of hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience
Experience with large-scale, heavily loaded PostgreSQL databases
Strong knowledge of backup & recovery, replication & HA, performance tuning, and connection management
Hands-on experience with Alembic
Working knowledge of Liquibase
Experience with Linux-based systems

Nice to Have