PostgreSQL DBA
# Think Data Be Smart #
About Us: DataSmart is a Portuguese company, positioning itself as a consulting company of excellence, with over 20 years of existence. We are specialized in Technologies and Information Systems services, for the Portuguese and International markets. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of involvement, experience, and excellence.
Join our team as a PostgreSQL DBA (Hybrid – Porto)!
What You’ll Do:
- Deploy, manage, and optimize PostgreSQL workloads running on OpenShift environments
- Design and maintain backup and recovery processes, replication mechanisms, and high-availability/disaster recovery strategies for PostgreSQL
- Support the migration and operation of a large-scale OpenShift infrastructure hosting critical financial applications
- Develop and maintain automation using Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code practices
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize database and cluster performance to ensure platform stability and reliability
- Implement and maintain security best practices, including RBAC, secrets management, encryption, and network policies
- Participate in on-call rotations and scheduled maintenance activities, including Saturday production windows
- Collaborate with DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Development teams to support mission-critical environments
- Provide operational support across additional database technologies when required, including Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and Redshift
Qualifications:
- Proven experience managing PostgreSQL in production environments, including performance tuning, backup/recovery, replication, and HA/DR strategies
- Hands-on experience with OpenShift in operational environments
- Strong experience with Kubernetes administration and containerized workloads
- Practical experience developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks
- Good understanding of Kubernetes security concepts, including RBAC, encryption, secrets management, and network policies
- Experience working in on-call or shift-based operational environments
- Ability to work independently in mission-critical and high-availability systems
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
At DataSmart, you will have the opportunity to integrate into a solid company and participate in projects of high recognition, nationally and internationally, with an appealing technological environment and career progression.
Excellence in the way to the future!
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