Our client is seeking a minimum of two experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineers with extensive expertise in PostgreSQL database administration, infrastructure automation and enterprise database management.

The successful candidates will be responsible for implementing, managing and optimising enterprise infrastructure and database environments that support digital services. The roles require advanced technical capabilities across PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB (EDB), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), OpenShift, VMware and contemporary DevOps technologies.

Working with a high degree of independence, the successful candidates will design, deploy and maintain highly available, secure and reliable database solutions while supporting infrastructure automation, database migrations, performance optimisation and disaster recovery.

The positions also involve troubleshooting complex production incidents, maintaining operational stability and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

Occasional out-of-hours work may be required to complete scheduled activities or resolve complex incidents.

Description:

Our client is seeking a minimum of two experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineers with extensive expertise in PostgreSQL database administration, infrastructure automation and enterprise database management.

The successful candidates will be responsible for implementing, managing and optimising enterprise infrastructure and database environments that support digital services. The roles require advanced technical capabilities across PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB (EDB), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), OpenShift, VMware and contemporary DevOps technologies.

Working with a high degree of independence,



the successful candidates will design, deploy and maintain highly available, secure and reliable database solutions while supporting infrastructure automation, database migrations, performance optimisation and disaster recovery.

The positions also involve troubleshooting complex production incidents, maintaining operational stability and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

Occasional out-of-hours work may be required to complete scheduled activities or resolve complex incidents.

Responsibilities:

- Configure, manage and maintain High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) replication clusters using EDB Failover Manager (EFM).

- Install, configure and administer EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM), including agent deployment, database registration and performance monitoring.

- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions for PostgreSQL deployments.

- Design, deploy and maintain PostgreSQL environments using Ansible and CI/CD pipelines across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware platforms.

- Configure Argo CD deployments and integrate GitOps workflows with GitLab.

- Develop Python and Shell scripts to automate database administration, monitoring, deployments and operational processes.

- Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies, including automated backup orchestration,



point-in-time recovery (PITR), WAL archiving and replication-based recovery.

- Plan and execute database migrations using logical and physical replication, WAL shipping, backup and restore, database cloning and server-level migration techniques.

- Evaluate and select appropriate database migration approaches based on compatibility, downtime, data integrity, performance, rollback requirements and business continuity.

- Configure and maintain PostgreSQL authentication and security controls, including LDAP/Active Directory integration, role‑based access control (RBAC), TLS encryption and X.509 certificates.

- Manage database software installations, upgrades and version migrations to maintain platform currency.

- Monitor and optimise database performance, availability, capacity and operational compliance across production environments.

- Troubleshoot complex database and operating system incidents, undertake root‑cause analysis and implement remediation strategies.

- Contribute to technical documentation, knowledge sharing and team capability uplift.

Requirements:

- Minimum five years of PostgreSQL database administration experience in enterprise environments.

- Extensive experience managing PostgreSQL high availability, replication, automated backups, disaster recovery and performance optimisation.

- Demonstrated experience with EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM), including monitoring, query analysis, diagnostics and alerting.

- Experience designing, deploying and maintaining PostgreSQL solutions using Ansible CI/CD pipelines across RHEL, OpenShift and VMware environments.

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