Database Administrator

Job Title: Database Administrator – SaaS Platform (AWS Aurora & Redshift)

Location: Roseville, MN (open to remote)

Position Summary:

Our SaaS platform delivers innovative solutions to thousands of customers, powered by a robust PostgreSQL-based infrastructure on AWS. We are seeking an experienced Database Administrator to join our collaborative architecture team, focusing on maintaining high availability, performance, and security across our database ecosystem while contributing to team excellence. This role will be responsible for maintaining and optimizing our data infrastructure on AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon Redshift, ensuring reliability, scalability, and efficiency.

Responsibilities:

Database Operations & Optimization

• Administer and maintain AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon Redshift environments.
• Involved in implementing data strategy activities: processes to transition data from hot to warm to cold; create new data sources in data warehouse based on product needs.
• Monitor and tune database performance.
• Optimize SQL queries, indexes, and schema designs to improve application responsiveness and reduce resource usage.
• Assist in capacity planning and scaling strategies for high-volume SaaS workloads.

Automation & Maintenance

• Support automated deployment and maintenance of database infrastructure using IaC.
• Implement and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures.

Security & Compliance

• Ensure proper access controls, encryption, and auditing are in place.
• Assist in maintaining compliance with data governance standards. (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR)
• Help establish and maintain team documentation standards. (ERD, architecture, and data classification)

Collaboration & Support

• Collaborate with senior DBAs to design and implement scalable database architectures.
• Participate in architectural discussions for new feature implementations.
• Work closely with software engineers and Cloud Ops to support application development and deployment.
• Provide guidance on PostgreSQL best practices and data modeling.
• Support data teams in optimizing Redshift for reporting and analytics.
• Lead small projects within the database team.
• Share on-call responsibilities with the database team.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3 – 5 years of experience as a DBA or in a similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and query optimization.
• Experience with AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon Redshift.
• Database security and compliance.
• Familiarity with AWS services such as CloudWatch, IAM, S3, and Lambda.
• Proficiency in writing and debugging SQL and using performance analysis tools.

Preferred:

• Experience with infrastructure automation.
• Experience with database monitoring. (Datadog, pganalyze)
• Exposure to ETL processes and data warehousing concepts.
• AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified Database – Specialty) is a plus.
• Experience with Flyway database migration.
• Experience with MS SQL Server performance tuning and maintenance.