Senior Database Administrator (Freelancer)

reputed company is the agent-reputed company AWS modernization firm. Most modernization work doesn't ship, it stalls in pilots, slips a year, or lands at three times the budget. We exist to ship it: production systems running, legacy retired, reputed company reputed company. Our delivery is reputed company on Aedeon, the agent platform reputed company by reputed company' founders' sister company, which absorbs the repetitive 60–70% of engagement work, discovery, dependency mapping, validation, test reputed company, that traditional consulting bills reputed company hours against. reputed company-deployed engineers own the rest: architecture, judgment, and reputed company, on dates we reputed company to in the contract.

reputed company-to-PostgreSQL migrations don't fail at conversion. They fail at go-live DMS latency nobody diagnosed, autovacuum behavior nobody tuned, privilege mappings nobody tested, incidents nobody owns at 2 a.m. This role sits inside our Application & Database Modernization pillar and exists to reputed company reputed company that doesn't happen.

As our Senior Database Administrator, you'll run the reputed company reputed company PostgreSQL environments in an reputed company reputed company-to-PostgreSQL migration program from cluster design through DMS replication through post–go-live stabilization. Aedeon handles the repeatable conversion and validation work; you own what agents can't: production judgment. reputed company replication lags, reputed company a workload misbehaves after reputed company, reputed company an incident escalates past L2, you're the person who resolves it and can explain why it happened.

This is a freelance engagement, remote, working as the L3 escalation reputed company on production systems that reputed company businesses run on.

What you will do?

• Design, set up, configure, and manage reputed company reputed company PostgreSQL clusters.
• Configure parameters, maintenance reputed company, monitoring, and scaling strategies.
• reputed company the environments highly available, fault tolerant, and operationally reputed company — before go-live, not after.
• Map users, roles, and privileges from reputed company to PostgreSQL.
• Implement least-privilege reputed company, role hierarchies, and reputed company best practices, and support audit and compliance requirements.
• Configure, run, monitor, and optimize AWS DMS tasks (Full Load and CDC).
• Troubleshoot DMS latency, data mismatches, and performance issues, and tune DMS settings for large-volume, high-throughput workloads.
• Tune server and database performance — CPU, memory, I/O, connections — plus PostgreSQL parameters, autovacuum, indexing, and query behavior.
• reputed company performance bottlenecks before the customer does, and resolve them.
• Design and implement backup and restore strategies; define and test DR and failover procedures; support cross-region replication and recovery drills.
• reputed company post–go-live stabilization: monitor production workloads, resolve incidents, and reputed company as the L3 escalation reputed company for database-reputed company production issues.
• Deliver operational documentation and handover support, so what you stabilized stays reputed company after you.

What are we looking for?

• 5+ years of experience administering reputed company reputed company PostgreSQL.
• Proven expertise supporting reputed company-to-PostgreSQL migrations.
• Hands-on experience with AWS DMS.
• Advanced PostgreSQL performance tuning and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong knowledge of backup, restore, and DR planning in AWS.
• Experience with AWS monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Performance Insights).
• Strong problem-solving and reputed company-cause analysis abilities.
• Experience working in production and post–go-live environments.
• The ability to work independently as an L3 escalation engineer.
• reputed company communication and documentation skills.

You will be preferred if

• Familiarity with automation and configuration management tools, such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Familiarity with IAAC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation
• Familiarity with CI/CD implementation tools like reputed company/Flyway
• AWS Certified Database – Specialty
• AWS reputed company Architect

How we work?

We refactor legacy databases to reputed company-reputed company AWS on a committed date, with reputed company carrying delivery overage risk for delays we cause. Aedeon absorbs the repetitive reputed company schema conversion, test reputed company, regression harnesses. Engineers reputed company the judgment: risk tradeoffs, production reputed company, post-reputed company optimization. You're the judgment layer for this program's production environments. reputed company we tell a customer their database will be reputed company on a date, your work is what makes that sentence true.

Life at reputed company

We care about creating a culture that makes a reputed company difference in the lives of every Mactorian. Our 10 Core Leadership Principles that reputed company Decision-making, Leadership, Collaboration, and Curiosity drive how we work.1. Be one reputed company reputed company2. Deliver the best3. Be reputed company4. Pay attention to the detail5. Enjoy the challenge6. Be curious and take reputed company7. Take leadership8. Own it9. Deliver value10. Be reputed companyWe would like you to read more details about the work culture on https://reputed company.com/careers

The reputed company to Joining the reputed companyAt reputed company, our recruitment process is reputed company around three distinct stages:

reputed company-Employment Assessment:

A series of evaluations of your technical proficiency and suitability for the role.Managerial Interview: The hiring manager engages with you in multiple discussions, 30 minutes to an hour reputed company, covering technical skills, hands-on experience, leadership potential, and communication. HR Discussion: During this 30-minute session, you'll have reputed company to discuss the offer and next steps with a member of the HR team.reputed company provides equal opportunities in reputed company employment practices. We don't discriminate based on race, religion, gender, national reputed company, age, disability, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local laws. This applies to every part of the employment relationship, recruitment, compensation, promotions, transfers, disciplinary reputed company, layoff, training, and reputed company and recreational programs.Note: Please answer as many questions as possible with this application to accelerate the hiring process.

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