- Company Name
- Doctolib
- Job Title
- PostgreSQL Database Administrator (x/f/m)
- Job Description
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**Job title**
PostgreSQL Database Administrator (x/f/m)
**Role Summary**
Support and enhance the reliability and performance of enterprise‑scale datastores (PostgreSQL, AWS Aurora, Kafka, Couchbase, OpenSearch). Drive high availability, capacity planning, automation, and incident response while mentoring feature teams in a “you build it, you run it” culture.
**Expectations**
- 7+ years as a DBA with site‑reliability focus.
- Proven expertise in at least one core datastore (PostgreSQL, Couchbase, OpenSearch) or equivalent high‑availability system.
- Hands‑on experience with Kafka, Terraform, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Strong communication, mentoring, and English fluency.
- Ability to design and implement scalable, performant database infrastructures.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Ensure high availability and operational efficiency through observability, automation, backup, and disaster‑recovery plans.
- Perform database upgrades, performance tuning, cost and capacity optimization.
- Lead incident response for datastore issues during business hours; coordinate resolution with feature teams.
- Deliver “Database‑as‑a‑Service” support: tooling, guidelines, training, and best‑practice documentation.
- Stay current on datastore technologies, share insights on new features and industry trends with the team.
- Advocate and support a platform mindset across cross‑functional engineering groups.
**Required Skills**
- Advanced PostgreSQL/SQL knowledge and performance tuning.
- Practical experience with Kafka or similar pub/sub messaging systems.
- Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) in production.
- Linux system administration, automation, and troubleshooting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; mentoring aptitude.
- Fluent in English.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).
- Relevant certifications preferred (e.g., AWS Certified Database – Specialty, PostgreSQL Certified Engineer).