Senior Data Engineer (PostgreSQL DBA)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Data Engineer (PostgreSQL DBA) based in United States . This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of critical database infrastructure within a data-driven, international environment. You will focus heavily on PostgreSQL administration, performance optimization, security, reliability, and scalability across core data systems. Beyond hands-on DBA responsibilities, you will translate business needs into actionable data engineering priorities and help ensure technical solutions support broader organizational objectives. You will collaborate closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders while guiding the team on database, reporting, and data management best practices. The position also places a strong emphasis on modern AI and automation, using emerging tools to improve database operations, testing, reliability, and software delivery. It is an ideal opportunity for a senior data professional who combines deep technical expertise with leadership, communication, and a continuous-improvement mindset. Accountabilities Administer, maintain, and optimize PostgreSQL databases, with additional responsibility for SQL Server and Oracle environments, ensuring strong performance, availability, scalability, and security.Design and maintain database schemas, indexes, partitions, and related structures to support efficient queries, growing data volumes, and long-term scalability.Monitor database health and performance, identify bottlenecks, troubleshoot complex issues, and implement query and infrastructure optimizations.Manage database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes to support operational resilience and business continuity.Implement and maintain database security practices, including access controls, encryption, auditing, and other measures designed to protect sensitive data.Ensure database environments comply with applicable data governance requirements, internal security policies, and relevant industry standards.Participate in daily standups, prioritize technical work, and align engineering activities with evolving business needs and organizational priorities.Translate business requirements into well-defined data engineering and database administration tasks, helping the team focus effort where it delivers the greatest business value.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data solutions and Power BI-related initiatives are technically sound and aligned with business objectives.Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members while promoting best practices across database management, reporting, data quality, and operational processes.Apply modern AI models and developer tools to improve PostgreSQL performance tuning, database reliability validation, migration planning, testing, and operational runbook automation.Use AI-assisted approaches to generate test scenarios, expand regression coverage, identify edge cases, and improve the efficiency of engineering workflows.Build practical automation that reduces repetitive manual work while maintaining appropriate standards for quality, security, reliability, and auditability.Evaluate AI-generated outputs critically, select appropriate models and tools for specific tasks, and apply secure approaches when working with sensitive or business-critical data.Identify opportunities for measurable efficiency gains, including faster delivery cycles, improved system stability, reduced operational effort, and greater predictability across engineering activities. Requirements Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL database administration, particularly performance tuning, optimization, security, monitoring, backup, and recovery.Experience administering or supporting additional relational database technologies such as SQL Server and Oracle.Strong understanding of database architecture, schema design, indexing, partitioning