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Postgres SQL DB Admin with AWS

Judge Group, Inc.
Chandler, AZ Contractor
POSTED ON 4/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/24/2026
Location: Chandler, AZ
Salary: $110,000.00 USD Annually - $120,000.00 USD Annually
Description:
Job Title: PostgreSQL Database Administrator - AWS
Experience: 7 Years
Location: Chandler, AZ 85224
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on PostgreSQL Database Administrator with strong AWS cloud expertise to own and manage PostgreSQL database operations in a production environment. The role involves end-to-end database lifecycle management including provisioning, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, automation, monitoring, and cost optimization.

The ideal candidate brings deep PostgreSQL administration experience, strong AWS platform knowledge, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) expertise, and a proactive mindset toward incident management and continuous improvement.

Must-Have Technical Skills

Primary Skills
  • PostgreSQL Database Administration
  • AWS (Amazon Web Services)

Secondary Skills
  • Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
  • OpenShift / Containerized Environments


Experience Requirements
  • Minimum 7 years of overall IT experience
  • 5 years of hands-on AWS experience
  • 5 years of PostgreSQL administration in cloud environments
  • Strong experience with Terraform and cloud automation


Key Responsibilities

PostgreSQL Database Operations
  • Administer, manage, and optimize PostgreSQL databases across:
    • Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
    • Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
    • EC2 / self-managed PostgreSQL (where applicable)
  • Perform advanced performance tuning, including:
    • Query plan analysis
    • Index optimization
    • VACUUM / ANALYZE and autovacuum tuning
    • Connection pooling (PgBouncer)
    • Partitioning strategies
    • Statistics and parameter tuning

High Availability & Disaster Recovery
  • Design, implement, and maintain High Availability (HA) solutions:
    • Multi-AZ deployments
    • Aurora PostgreSQL clusters
    • Patroni or equivalent HA frameworks
  • Own backup and recovery strategies:
    • Automated backups
    • Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
    • Logical and physical replication (streaming replication, logical decoding)
  • Implement and test cross-region disaster recovery (DR) strategies
  • Create and maintain DR runbooks and conduct regular failover testing

Database Lifecycle Management
  • Plan and execute:
    • PostgreSQL version upgrades
    • Patch management
    • Extension management (PostGIS, pg_partman, pg_stat_statements, etc.)
  • Manage schema changes using tools such as:
    • Liquibase
    • Flyway

Capacity Planning & Optimization
  • Perform proactive capacity planning for:
    • Storage
    • IOPS
    • Throughput
  • Identify and mitigate:
    • Table and index bloat
    • Performance hot spots
  • Optimize database cost and performance in AWS environments

Cloud, Automation & Containers
  • Provision and manage database infrastructure using Terraform
  • Support PostgreSQL workloads running in OpenShift / containerized environments
  • Integrate monitoring and alerting solutions for database health and performance

Production Support & Incident Management
  • Provide strong production support with rapid incident response
  • Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures
  • Drive continuous improvement in database reliability, performance, and security


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with AWS monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Performance Insights)
  • Knowledge of security best practices for PostgreSQL and AWS
  • Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar)
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills


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