Senior Database Administrator

Devexperts works with respected financial institutions, delivering products and tailor-made solutions for retail and brokerage houses, exchanges, and buy-side firms. The company focuses on trading platforms and brokerage automation, complex software development projects, market data products, and IT consulting services.  We are looking for a Senior Database Engineer who will be responsible for on-premises and Cloud database infrastructure administration.   We expect the Senior Database Engineer to:    - Ensure database services meet agreed service levels for availability, recoverability, performance, and scalability. - Design and manage database subsystems, including clustering, replication, etc. - Define and execute backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity procedures. - Handle database compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices. - Establish monitoring standards, capacity planning practices, and operational metrics to proactively identify risks and trends before they impact the business. - Investigate production incidents, coordinate resolution efforts, perform root cause analysis, and drive remediation initiatives to prevent recurrence. - Work closely with Developers, Quality Assurance and Support departments on a regular basis assisting with Database-related requests. - Participate in an on-call rotation and serve as an escalation point for complex production issues affecting critical systems. - Apply cost reduction practices for Cloud database Infrastructure based on the resources usage and databases load profile - Conduct deep analysis of database performance issues, implementing solutions. - Oversee data migration projects and perform risk analysis - Drive innovation in database technologies within the project or business unit. - 5+ years of hands-on experience administering PostgreSQL in production environments within mission-critical systems, - Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating high-availability PostgreSQL architectures using Patroni, - Hands-on experience managing Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, - Strong expertise in backup and recovery strategies, including planning and executing Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) using tools such as pgBackRest and Barman, - Solid understanding of PostgreSQL internals (MVCC, vacuuming, query planning, replication concepts, etc), - Extensive experience with performance monitoring, SQL workload analysis, and database tuning, with the ability to identify bottlenecks and optimize database performance, - Experience automating database deployment, configuration management, and operational processes using Ansible, - Practical experience implementing and maintaining PostgreSQL partitioning strategies, including both native partitioning and TimescaleDB for time-series workloads, - Strong working knowledge of Linux operating systems, including system performance analysis, process management, networking fundamentals, and storage concepts relevant to database operation, - Familiarity with database monitoring and observability tools such as Zabbix, including metrics collection, alerting, and log analysis, - Exposure to column-oriented database technologies such as ClickHouse, with an understanding of their core concepts, architecture, and performance characteristics, would be a plus. Care for the employees is one of Devexperts' core values. For the suggested position, we offer a benefits package that will guarantee the comfort of our new teammate.     Work Regime Flexibility benefits:    - Possibility of hybrid/remote work mode - Flexible working hours  Health and recreation benefits:    - 24 working days of paid vacation,  - Fully paid additional wellness days (3 days per year), - FitPass (sport and related activities) access, - Medical insurance - VIP package.   Facility benefits:    - Modern office with new equipment,  - PlayStation and table football in the office,  - Meals in the office.  Community benefits:    - Teambuilding activities,  - Corporate parties,  - Football club,  - Billiard club, - Speakers' club,  - Free admission to corporate external events,  - Possibility of joining conferences and professional fairs,  - Personal branding development support.    Professional training benefits:  - English language courses,  - Georgian language courses for foreign employees,  - Unlimited access to self-learning platforms,  - Certification opportunities,  - Mentorship Program.   Social benefits:    - Parental bonus,  - Referral bonus,  - Blood donation paid leave,  - Gifts for employees,  - Gifts for children, - Free drinks and snacks.