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Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) || 10+ Years of Candidate || Capital Market Experience

Required Location: Hybrid/Midtown Jersey City, NJ | New York, NY | Charlotte, NC  2 days a week.(Local)

Contract status: C-C preferred or W2+ Referral.

Interview Required: Video

Candidate Visa’s Accepted: GC, USC and GC-EAD
END Client: SMBC

Candidates must be LOCAL to the Jersey City, NJ | New York, NY | Charlotte, NC area and COMMUTE into the office TWO TIMES A WEEK. NO RELOCATION CONSIDERED. *** Please send candidates even if they are over the target rate. The Client is flexible.

Job Description:

SMBC is seeking a skilled and experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) to support and maintain our enterprise database infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have 5–6 years of hands-on experience with PostgreSQL in production environments, with a strong focus on performance tuning, high availability, and data integrity. Familiarity with MongoDB is a plus.

This role will play a critical part in managing our core data systems, supporting development and infrastructure teams, and ensuring database environments are optimized for performance, scalability, and compliance within a highly regulated financial institution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and maintain PostgreSQL databases in production and non-production environments
• Design and manage database replication, backup, and disaster recovery strategies
• Perform tuning and optimization of queries, indexes, and performance parameters
• Implement monitoring and alerting to ensure database health and availability
• Partner with application and infrastructure teams to support development and deployment workflows
• Troubleshoot complex issues related to availability, performance, and data consistency
• Create and maintain documentation for standard procedures, processes, and configurations
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and data governance standards
• Participate in on-call support rotations and respond to critical incidents

Qualifications:

• 5–6 years of experience as a Postgres DBA in a production environment
• Strong knowledge of SQL and PostgreSQL internals, configuration, and administration
• Experience with logical and physical replication, high availability, and failover strategies
• Skilled in database performance tuning and query optimization
• Familiarity with Linux environments and scripting (e.g., Bash, Python)
• MongoDB experience is a plus
• Experience in a financial services or regulated environment preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of pgAdmin, Patroni, pgBouncer, pgBackRest, or similar Postgres tooling
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS RDS, GCP Cloud SQL, or Azure Database for PostgreSQL)
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD tools, and version control systems
• Understanding of data security and auditing best practices

Work Locations:

• Jersey City, NJ
• New York, NY (Midtown Manhattan)
• Charlotte, NC

Thanks & Regards-

Dushyant Singh || Mob:- 512-355-4218
E-mail dushyant@headwitglobal.com

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