PostgreSQL DBA
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LocationRemote India, India
Work moderemote
Typefull-time
SeniorityLead
Experience15+ yrs
DepartmentApplication Support
Company size6+ people
PostedMay 27, 2026 · 5mo ago
Verified live3d ago
May no longer be actively hiring
Posted by the company on May 27, 202667% of this company's open roles have been listed for 90+ days
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Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
15+ years of database administration, architecture, or support experience
10+ years hands-on PostgreSQL experience in enterprise environments
Strong experience with PostgreSQL performance tuning, HA/DR, replication, backup/recovery, and security
Engagement in Postgres Community as contributor or reviewer
Experience with PostgreSQL migrations from Oracle, SQL Server, or other commercial databases
Excellent customer focus and communication
Ability to troubleshoot customer issues in an environment where online and remotely connected to the customer’s systems
Ability to work well within a collaborative team environment
Expert-level understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, internals, administration, and ecosystem tooling
Strong understanding of replication technologies, clustering, connection pooling, backup/recovery, and observability frameworks
Experience with Linux system administration and scripting
Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work effectively in ambiguous or rapidly evolving environments
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong remote working discipline with the ability to independently manage customer and internal deliverables
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience with enterprise PostgreSQL distributions such as EDB, Crunchy Data, or similar
PostgreSQL or cloud certifications preferred
Knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native database deployments is highly desirable
Occasional after hours, weekends and holiday support including participating in on-call rotation
Skills
PostgreSQL
Patroni
PgBouncer
HAProxy
pgBackRest
Barman
Prometheus
Grafana
ELK
Amazon RDS
Aurora PostgreSQL
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Google Cloud SQL
Ansible
Terraform
Kubernetes
Linux
AWS
Azure
GCP
EDB
Crunchy Data
About the company
Spinnaker Support provides global enterprise software support, managed services, and project-based consulting to many of the world’s most recognized and respected brands. Founded in 2008, our customer focus, business integrity, exacting standards, and depth of expertise have earned us the trust and loyalty of over 1,300 organizations located in 104 countries. Our dedicated international team works closely with every customer to ensure they receive exceptional, customized services that clear the way for their operational success. Today, Spinnaker Support is proud to be the industry’s highest-rated provider for third-party software support services for Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, VMWare, Postgres and Salesforce.
About the role
Spinnaker Support has an immediate need for a PostgreSQL Technical Solution Architect (TSA) to join our team in India. The TSA will possess deep technical expertise across PostgreSQL database technologies, enterprise open-source ecosystems, and associated high availability, performance, migration, and cloud-native architectures. The TSA will engage in critical aspects of database support delivery and solution lifecycle management including technical analysis, architecture design, migration planning, performance optimization, troubleshooting, implementation, customer advisory, team development, and pre-sales support activities. The TSA will act as a trusted advisor to customers and internal teams, providing expert-level architectural guidance for complex PostgreSQL environments across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud deployments. The role requires the ability to manage technical compliance, operational resilience, and best practices throughout all stages of the database lifecycle.
Experience / Education Requirements
Required
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Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
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15+ years of database administration, architecture, or support experience
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10+ years hands-on PostgreSQL experience in enterprise environments
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Strong experience with PostgreSQL performance tuning, HA/DR, replication, backup/recovery, and security
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Engagement in Postgres Community as contributor or reviewer.
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Experience with PostgreSQL migrations from Oracle, SQL Server, or other commercial databases
Preferred
Nice to have
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Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
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Experience with enterprise PostgreSQL distributions such as EDB, Crunchy Data, or similar
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PostgreSQL or cloud certifications preferred
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
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This position is considered level 4 help desk support.
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Must have excellent customer focus and communication, friendly interaction, and a passion to help customers with their software issues.
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Provide technical expertise required by application support team.
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Ability to troubleshoot customer issues in an environment where online and remotely connected to the customer’s systems.
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Must have ability to work well within a collaborative team environment.
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Drive customer satisfaction by tracking issues from start to closure.
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Occasional after hours, weekends and holiday support including participating in on-call rotation.
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Lead architecture and design discussions for enterprise PostgreSQL solutions
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Serve as the technical lead and trusted advisor for complex customer engagements
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Collaborate with engineering, support, delivery, and sales teams to ensure successful customer outcomes
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Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team capability development
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Participate in escalation handling for critical production issues and provide advanced troubleshooting support
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Identify opportunities for automation, operational efficiency, and process improvement
Required Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
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Expert-level understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, internals, administration, and ecosystem tooling
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Strong understanding of replication technologies, clustering, connection pooling, backup/recovery, and observability frameworks
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Experience with Linux system administration and scripting
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Knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native database deployments is highly desirable
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Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work effectively in ambiguous or rapidly evolving environments
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Strong remote working discipline with the ability to independently manage customer and internal deliverables
Preferred Technical Experience
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PostgreSQL
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Patroni, PgBouncer, HAProxy
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Streaming Replication and Logical Replication
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Backup technologies such as pgBackRest or Barman
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Monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK
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Cloud database services including Amazon RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud SQL
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Database migration and schema conversion tools
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Infrastructure automation using Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools
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Kubernetes operators for PostgreSQL
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