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Database Administrator

RemotePart-time
Remote
Part-time
$95,000–$120,000 annually

About the Role

Ensure availability, performance, and security of PostgreSQL powering AMOM’s media pipelines. You’ll own backup/restore, HA/replication, schema reviews, and observability—scaling reliably for enterprise workloads. Compensation is annualized and pro-rated for part-time.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and tune Postgres clusters for latency, throughput, and cost efficiency
  • Implement robust backup/restore, retention, and DR plans with regular testing
  • Partner with engineers on schema design, migrations, and capacity planning
  • Build monitoring/alerting; define SLOs and incident response playbooks
  • Contribute to data governance, access controls, and compliance documentation

Requirements

  • 4+ years administering PostgreSQL in production (performance & reliability)
  • Expertise with indexing, partitioning, VACUUM/ANALYZE, and query tuning
  • HA/replication, backup/restore strategy, and disaster recovery drills
  • Security hardening, auditing, and compliance-minded data stewardship
  • Bonus: cloud object storage, time-series data, IaC, Prometheus/Grafana

Benefits

  • Remote-first culture with flexible scheduling
  • Annual hardware and tooling budget
  • Professional development & certification support
  • Paid time off and local holidays (pro-rated)
  • Wellness stipend and on-call compensation where applicable