PostgreSQL Database Administrator

Quick Facts

• Role: PostgreSQL Database Administrator

• Project: Finance industry (PostgreSQL database administration and maintenance)

• Work model: Hybrid (Warsaw), 2 days per week in the office

• Compensation: 1000–1110 PLN net/day (depending on experience and competencies)

Description

You will support PostgreSQL databases used in a finance environment, handling administration, maintenance, and day-to-day operational support. The position focuses on monitoring, troubleshooting, backups/restore testing, access and security management, and configuration changes. You’ll also contribute to continuity planning, capacity planning, and database migrations/modernization.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain PostgreSQL environments

• Monitor database availability and performance

• Analyze and resolve database incidents and problems

• Perform backups and restore tests

• Manage users, permissions, and access security

• Implement database/configuration changes

• Collaborate with application teams on analysis and issue resolution

• Support business continuity for database environments

• Participate in capacity planning and environment development

• Take part in migrations and modernization activities

• Create and update technical and operational documentation

• Automate repetitive administrative tasks and improve processes

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL databases

• Experience administering production database environments

• Understanding of PostgreSQL architecture and core mechanisms

• Very good SQL knowledge

• Ability to monitor and analyze database performance

• Experience with database backups and restore procedures

• Ability to diagnose and resolve database-related incidents

• Basic knowledge of database security concepts

• Ability to automate repetitive database administration tasks

• Analytical troubleshooting and ability to independently find root causes

• Strong organization and prioritization skills

• Ability to collaborate with system administrators, network administrators, and application teams

Nice to have

• Experience in banking/financial environments

• Knowledge of High Availability and Disaster Recovery

• Familiarity with monitoring tools: Grafana, Dynatrace, Splunk, or Zabbix

• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD

• Experience with database migrations or updates

Benefits

• Long-term cooperation

• Technical trainings, certificates, and skills development

• Mentoring Competence Center community

• Clear career path

• Employee benefits package: Multisport, private medical care, life insurance

• Friendly working atmosphere, integration events, and team-building meetings