[Hiring] PostgreSQL Database Consultant @Bitovi

Role Description

Bitovi is looking for a PostgreSQL Database Consultant to join us as we transform technology delivery. We help enterprise clients run critical data platforms reliably, and we’re looking for people with deep, hands-on PostgreSQL expertise to diagnose, stabilize, and tune large self-managed database environments.

Compensation: $120,000 to $190,000 annually, depending on experience, plus annual bonus opportunity.

You’ll excel in this role at Bitovi if you have:

• Deep, production experience administering PostgreSQL on self-managed, on-premise infrastructure (not only managed services like RDS or Cloud SQL)
• Expert knowledge of vacuum and autovacuum: tuning thresholds and cost limits, diagnosing and remediating table and index bloat, and preventing transaction ID wraparound
• Strong indexing expertise: choosing among B-tree, GIN, GiST, BRIN, partial, and covering indexes, identifying missing, unused, and duplicate indexes, and rebuilding indexes safely in production
• Mastery of PostgreSQL configuration: memory settings, connection limits, checkpoints, WAL, and planner parameters, and the ability to audit an existing configuration and justify every change
• Query performance analysis using EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS), pg_stat_statements, and the pg_stat_* views
• Experience with replication and high availability (streaming and logical replication, Patroni, repmgr, or similar) and failover testing
• Backup, restore, and point-in-time recovery experience (pgBackRest, Barman, or similar), including regular restore validation
• Connection pooling with PgBouncer or Pgpool-II
• Monitoring and alerting for Postgres (Prometheus postgres_exporter, pgwatch, Datadog, or similar) focused on catching problems before they become outages
• Solid Linux administration skills as they relate to database hosts: storage, filesystems, kernel parameters, and resource contention
• Incident response and root cause analysis experience, including writing clear postmortems and remediation plans

Qualifications

• Configuration management for database fleets (Ansible or similar) so settings are consistent, reviewed, and repeatable
• Writing runbooks and maintenance procedures that client teams can own after an engagement
• Capacity planning and performance baselining
• Major version upgrades and schema migrations with minimal downtime
• Working within change management processes in large, regulated enterprises
• Security hardening: roles and privileges, pg_hba configuration, TLS, and auditing (pgAudit)
• Running Postgres on Kubernetes (CloudNativePG, Crunchy Postgres Operator, or similar)
• Scripting and automation in Python, Bash, or Go
• Experience with other relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus opportunity
• Completely remote work with flexible hours
• 401(k) matching
• 4 weeks of paid time off in addition to 8 paid holidays
• Health, dental, and vision insurance offerings
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• STD, LTD, and Life Insurance coverage

How to Apply

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Please note that we are not interested in working with recruiters. All job offers are contingent on passing a background check. Candidates must be located in and authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.