Senior PostgreSQL System Administrator

Galent

Full-time Other-General
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Location
toronto, on, Canada
Posted
May 30, 2026

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced

Senior PostgreSQL System Administrator

with

5–7 years of hands‑on experience

managing large‑scale, mission‑critical PostgreSQL environments. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in performance tuning, high availability design, and database security, and who enjoys mentoring junior DBAs while influencing architectural decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Lead installation, configuration, and administration of PostgreSQL databases across production and non‑production environments

Design and implement

High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), and replication

solutions

Monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize queries and configurations

Perform database upgrades, patching, and migrations with minimal downtime

Implement and manage

backup and recovery strategies

(pgBackRest, Barman, etc.)

Ensure ...