Senior Database Administrator

TL;DR

Senior Database Administrator: Taking ownership of data architecture and its transition into a containerized, cloud-native environment with an accent on ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability of PostgreSQL and MongoDB clusters. Focus on migrating services to Kubernetes and automating deployment pipelines within Azure.

Location: Work From Home 100% of the time, or come in to one of our global offices. Up to you.

Company

hirify.global Technologies is an American software development and technology advisory firm that brings top-tier engineering talent to clients around the world.

What you will do

• Oversee the health, performance, and security of PostgreSQL and MongoDB clusters.
• Design and implement HA strategies, including replication, sharding, and failover protocols to ensure zero-downtime operations.
• Support the architectural shift from legacy environments to Kubernetes (AKS) and Docker-based containerization.
• Develop custom tools and scripts (Python, Go, or Bash) to automate routine database operations, backups, and CI/CD deployments.
• Maintain and scale supporting data technologies including Redis (caching) and Kafka/Cassandra (streaming and distributed storage).

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ production-level experience with both PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Strong command of relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) design patterns, ACID properties, and CAP theorem tradeoffs.
• Proficiency with Docker and a solid understanding of Linux administration.
• Hands-on experience in orchestrating stateful workloads within Kubernetes.
• Proven track record managing environments in Azure (AWS experience is a significant plus).

Nice to have

• Experience with message brokers and distributed systems (Kafka, Cassandra).
• In-memory data store management (Redis).
• Familiarity with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK).

Culture & Benefits

• Great colleagues and an upbeat work environment.
• Join an excellent team of supportive engineers and project managers who work hard but don't ever compete with each other.
• You’ll get a generous vacation schedule, and other goodies.