Database Administrator

BRG • Washington, DC

22d • $115,000 - $165,000

About The Position

Second Sight Solutions, a subsidiary of Berkeley Research Group (BRG), is a health technology company, and our innovative technology reimagines how drug discount data is exchanged, establishing new connections and improving transparency for drug manufacturers and their customers. Our customers and partners trust us to deliver reliable, first-to-market solutions and safeguard the data we receive. We trust our employees, and our culture gives them the freedom to create, collaborate, and grow. Our leaders are industry experts, creative, unafraid to challenge the status quo, and the pioneers of market-changing solutions. We are seeking a skilled and experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA) to own the management, maintenance, monitoring, and optimization of our PostgreSQL database systems. The DBA will partner closely with Engineering, DevOps, and Security teams to support product functionality, observability, and compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a PostgreSQL DBA in a production environment.
• Strong knowledge of Postgres internals, configuration, performance tuning, indexing, and vacuum strategies.
• Experience with cloud-hosted database services (Azure PostgreSQL, Citus, Amazon RDS)
• Familiarity with CI/CD-driven schema migration tools (Flyway, Liquibase, and Atlas)
• Strong understanding of data security, encryption standards, and access controls.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to operate in production SaaS environments.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills and able to partner effectively with software engineers, Security, DevOps, and SREs.
• Candidate must be able to submit verification of their legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency with Ruby or Go (preferred but not required).
• Microsoft SQL Server experience (preferred but not required).

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain PostgreSQL databases in cloud environments (Azure preferred).
• Track database health, performance, and capacity using cloud-native and third-party monitoring tools.
• Own backup strategy, integrity checks, retention policies, and disaster recovery planning.
• Configure and maintain replication, failover, and high-availability setups across environments.
• Build and maintain automation for provisioning, migrations, monitoring, and maintenance using IaC and scripting tools.
• Improve performance through partnering with development teams on query tuning, indexing, schema design, normalization, and indexing strategies.
• Implement security best practices for RBAC, encryption, auditing and patching.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related incidents in collaboration with DevOps and engineering.
• Develop root cause analysis findings and implement preventative actions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees