Postgres Cloud Database Administrator

Postgres Cloud Database Administrator
We are looking for a Cloud Database Administrator (DBA) with strong hands-on experience in AWS RDS (PostgreSQL) and automation tools like Terraform and Crossplane . The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining highly available, secure, and scalable database solutions in a cloud-native environment.

You will collaborate closely with architects, Infrastructure engineers, DevOps engineers, and application developers to ensure optimal database performance, cost efficiency, and reliability across multiple environments.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and maintain PostgreSQL databases on AWS RDS and other AWS-managed data services.
Automate database provisioning, configuration, and scaling using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
Develop and maintain database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
Optimize query performance, indexing strategies, and overall database health monitoring.
Ensure security and compliance by implementing security policies best practices, IAM roles, and auditing configurations.
Collaborate with development teams to support schema changes, partitioning strategies, and data migration processes.
Implement, monitor and troubleshoot replication, failover, and connection pooling.
Participate in on-call rotations for production support and incident response.
Continuously improve automation pipelines for database maintenance, scaling, and patch management.
Provide documentation, standards, and best practices for database operations.

Requirements

Required Skills
5+ years of hands-on experience as a Database Administrator (PostgreSQL), with at least 2 years focused on PostgreSQL in a cloud environment.
Proven expertise with AWS RDS (PostgreSQL) — including setup, tuning, and scaling.
Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) workflows.
Solid understanding of database replication, partitioning, backup/restore, and high availability concepts.
Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., CloudWatch and Prometheus/Grafana).
Strong SQL and PL/pgSQL skills for troubleshooting and optimization.
Good understanding of networking, IAM policies, and AWS security best practices.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for database deployment automation.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Connection Pooling tools, Aurora PostgreSQL, or multi-region RDS deployments.
Knowledge of other relational databases (e.g MySQL, SQL Server).
Familiarity with scripting languages for automation.
Experience in cost optimization and performance benchmarking in AWS.
Exposure to database deployments.

Benefits

Great career development opportunities
Hybrid working model
International Health Insurance
Health and Wellbeing Package (350 EUR per year)
Birthday Day Off
Me Time - 1 day off per year

About Gaming Innovation Group

We are an award-winning iGaming platform and sportsbook provider supplying industry-leading solutions to our partners and their players. We specialise in helping online and land-based operators expand their iGaming and sports betting business on a global scale, focusing on innovation and customisation to power localised customer experiences and intimate user journeys. As a regulated markets specialist, we offer compliant entry into 36+ complex regulated markets around the world.

Our powerful iGaming platform is built to be scalable, open and user-centric, rapidly integrating with our partners' existing tech and preferred third parties. It provides a personalised user experience through our suite of real-time marketing tools, real-time data, and real-time rules engine, allowing our partners to build their own automated bespoke rules, without the need for coding knowledge.

Our sportsbook is built mobile-first and provides a premium player experience through our Bet builder, comprehensive Live betting capabilities and Player props. Our partners benefit from tailored odds, personalised margins, and risk management strategy, increasing the players’ personalised experience. Our partners benefit from an in-house trading team available 24/7 through direct communication channels, delivering unparalleled agility and service to all our partners, around the clock.

Our Hiring Process

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Last Interview

Stage 7:

Reference Check

Stage 8:

Offer

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Applied

Stage 2:

Talent Acquisition Interview

Stage 3:

Hiring Manager Interview

Stage 4:

Take Home Test

Stage 5:

Interview with Team Members

Stage 6:

Last Interview

Stage 7:

Reference Check

Stage 8:

Offer

Stage 1:

Applied

Stage 2:

Talent Acquisition Interview

Stage 3:

Hiring Manager Interview

Stage 4:

Take Home Test

Stage 5:

Interview with Team Members

Stage 6:

Last Interview

Stage 7:

Reference Check

Stage 8:

Offer

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Department

Technology

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

Madrid

Workplace type

Hybrid

Reporting To

Mark Said