[Hiring] PostgreSQL Database Administrator @DRFIRST COM INC

Role Description

We are seeking a cloud native PostgreSQL Database Administrator for our System Operations team. This role sits at the center of how data moves through DrFirst. PostgreSQL on AWS Aurora serves as one critical layer inside a broader, event driven persistence architecture. You will think beyond a single database, considering:

• How data enters our platform from prescribers, pharmacies, EHRs, and patient channels
• How it moves through message and event brokers
• How it lands in PostgreSQL and complementary stores
• How applications read it back reliably at scale

This is a hands-on, automation-first role for someone who treats the database as part of a connected data ecosystem rather than a standalone box.

Qualifications

• 4 to 7 years of hands-on experience as a PostgreSQL Database Administrator in cloud environments
• Strong production experience with AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and RDS
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL performance tuning, query optimization, and root cause analysis
• Solid understanding of backup and recovery strategies, including point in time recovery and high availability configurations
• Experience with database security, user management, IAM integration, and access controls
• Programming skills in Python and shell scripting for automation
• Working knowledge of AWS services such as CloudWatch, Lambda, S3, Systems Manager, IAM, and Secrets Manager
• Conceptual familiarity with modern persistence patterns: message and event brokers such as Kafka, Kinesis, or RabbitMQ, in memory caches such as Redis or ElastiCache, and event driven data flow
• Strong SQL skills and a solid grasp of relational data modeling
• Excellent problem solving, communication, and documentation skills

Requirements

• A modern data thinker who sees PostgreSQL as one layer in a larger persistence story spanning streaming data, event brokers, caching, and search
• A problem solver who enjoys diagnosing complex performance issues across distributed systems and shipping clean, durable fixes
• An automation enthusiast who writes Python and shell scripts to remove toil and scale operations through code
• A reliability minded engineer who takes pride in backup strategy, disaster recovery readiness, and meeting tight RTO and RPO targets
• A collaborative team player who works closely with DevOps, application engineering, and architecture on event driven, cloud native designs
• A continuous learner who stays current with PostgreSQL, AWS, streaming platforms, and the broader cloud data field

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, with a base salary of $130,000 - $150,000 (Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience)
• Eligible for Company Performance-based Bonus Program, based on individual and company performance
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K eligible after 3 months of employment, with 50% company match up to first 5% of salary contributed to the plan with a 3-year vesting schedule
• HSA for eligible employees enrolled in the HDHP, with a generous company contribution up to $500 for individual coverage and $1000 for family coverage per year
• 100% company paid short and long-term disability, AD&D, and group life insurance
• Accrued annual paid time off (PTO) of 18 days for the first 3 years of service, increasing thereafter and 7 paid holiday days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Continuing Education funds up to $1500 annually for eligible programs after 1 year of service
• Voluntary benefits including FSA, Hospital indemnity, Accident and Critical Illness insurances