Database Administrator - Postgres/MongoDB

Apex Fintech Solutions • Austin, TX

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a Junior Database Administrator to administer, optimize, and support high-volume, highly available database systems across GCP managed services—including Cloud SQL PostgreSQL, Memorystore for Redis/Valkey, AlloyDB, Spanner, and BigQuery—as well as MongoDB and PostgreSQL. The role works with engineering teams on database design and optimization, supports operational reliability and security, and applies DevOps practices to database administration.

This position operates in a hybrid office environment three days per week. The role includes off-hours on-call rotations in Central Time and scheduled maintenance, including patching, very large database (VLDB) index work, and disaster recovery testing.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of hands-on database administrator experience, preferably with PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience administering and optimizing PostgreSQL environments, including transactional replication expertise.
• Experience with GCP Cloud SQL PostgreSQL and solid PostgreSQL database management knowledge.
• Experience with Terraform/infrastructure as code and GitHub for managing database infrastructure changes.
• Knowledge of high-availability architectures and disaster recovery planning and execution.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Memorystore for Redis, AlloyDB, Spanner, and BigQuery, including BigQuery performance tuning and administration.
• Experience with other cloud database platforms, such as Azure SQL and AWS RDS.
• Experience in a high-volume, fintech, or securities transactional environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement all database changes through infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitHub pull requests.
• Manage large transactional replication with low-latency delivery, using BigQuery as a replication target, and tune performance and cost.
• Establish backup and restore procedures, point-in-time recovery (PITR), high-availability and failover testing, disaster recovery runbooks, and an overall database support plan.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on schema reviews, query optimization, and BigQuery governance.
• Handle database security and audit tasks.
• Automate database operations, manage CI/CD for database changes, and maintain modern monitoring and alerting.
• Support incident response and participate in off-hours on-call rotations in Central Time.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance, including patching, VLDB index work, and disaster recovery testing.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and EAP.
• Competitive PTO.
• 401(k) match.
• Parental leave.
• HSA contribution match.
• Paid subscription to the Calm app.
• External learning benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Hybrid work schedule for most roles, allowing employees to work from home and from a primary office.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level