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Database Administrator

Role: DBA Location - Basking Ridge NJ (5 Days a week)
Key Responsibilities: Manage, monitor, and support PostgreSQL databases in production environments. Perform performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, backup/recovery, and capacity planning. Manage HA/DR, replication, failover, upgrades, and database migrations. Troubleshoot performance issues, locks, deadlocks, replication lag, and production incidents. Administer PostgreSQL on AWS RDS/Aurora and support cloud migrations. Required Skills5–8 years of hands-on PostgreSQL DBA experience. Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture, SQL tuning, VACUUM, WAL, MVCC, replication, and performance optimization. Hands-on experience with AWS RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, Secrets Manager, and AWS DMS.Strong knowledge of backup/recovery, PITR, HA/DR, security, and database monitoring. Experience with Linux and Shell/Python scripting. Good communication, troubleshooting, and stakeholder-management skills.