Cloud Platform Engineer III (Senior PostgreSQL & AWS Database Specialist)

Location: Oakland, California, 94612

Salary: $124,800–$149,800 per year

Company

hirify.global provides staffing and employment opportunities for technical professionals, including cloud and database engineering roles.

What you will do

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain PostgreSQL environments across production, staging, development, and disaster recovery tiers.
• Improve database performance through query optimization, execution-plan analysis, indexing, monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Design and administer PostgreSQL replication, high-availability solutions such as Patroni and pgBouncer, and point-in-time recovery workflows.
• Provision and manage Amazon RDS PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, and EC2-hosted databases.
• Lead Oracle- and SQL Server-to-PostgreSQL migrations using AWS DMS, AWS SCT, and native utilities.
• Automate database operations and infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and AWS services including Lambda, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, and the AWS CLI.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 12 years of database administration experience, including 8 years of PostgreSQL administration and 5 years of AWS cloud database administration.
• Hands-on experience with large-scale database migrations to AWS RDS or Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Expertise in AWS architecture, networking, IAM, KMS, operational practices, and Terraform.
• Experience with PostgreSQL high-availability tools such as Patroni, pgBouncer, or Pgpool-II.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, incident-management, and production-operations skills.

Nice to have

• AWS database, AWS solutions architecture, or professional PostgreSQL certifications.
• Experience integrating database environments with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized database architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on mission-critical database environments and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer may include major medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
• Statutory sick pay is provided where required.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the employment process.