We are hiring a Senior Postgre SQL DBA to join our Infrastructure Storage team and own the health, performance, and day-to-day operations of the database fleet behind Workato's enterprise automation platform. You will work across dozens of Aurora Postgre SQL clusters in production data centers worldwide – a fleet that is about to double – as part of a small, flexible team of infrastructure specialists. Role Overview As our Postgre SQL DBA, you will be the go-to engineer for everything data-layer: index and schema design on multi-terabyte tables, query optimization for application teams, connection pooling, upgrades, and migrations. Our Postgre SQL runs on Amazon Aurora — operating a large, fast-growing fleet consistently: turning one-off procedures into reliable automation, keeping dozens of clusters healthy at once, and helping developers use the database well. You'll split your time between a support rotation for incoming developer requests and longer-cycle reliability and automation projects. Responsibilities Own day-to-day Postgre SQL operations across all production data centers: index creation on large/partitioned tables, query-plan analysis, schema reviews, data migrations. Partner with application teams on data-model decisions — design, partitioning, retention, consolidation vs. standalone clusters — and push back with data when a design won't scale. Operate and tune Aurora Postgre SQL: parameter groups, replicas, failover behavior, capacity planning. Run and evolve our Pg Bouncer connection-pooling layer. Turn manual runbooks into released, repeatable automation: seamless upgrade, switchover, database/user provisioning, grants management (Terraform + Ansible). Drive incident response and RCAs for database-related issues, and land the follow-up actions.



Maintain and improve database observability (postgres_exporter, Victoria Metrics dashboards and alerts). Take part in the team's duty rotation handling developer requests, with protected focus time off-duty. Requirements 5+ years of hands‑on operational Postgre SQL experience (DBA / database reliability role). Strong command of query plans, indexing strategy, and performance work on multi-TB tables. Production experience with managed Postgre SQL (Aurora or RDS) and a clear‑eyed view of its constraints. Working proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure‑as‑Code practices; comfortable in Linux. Experience with connection pooling (Pg Bouncer or similar) in production. Practical experience with logical replication, major-version upgrades, and low-downtime migration techniques. Scripting ability (Bash, Python or GO) and an automation-first mindset. Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred); strong incident-management and RCA skills. Nice to Have Operational exposure to Click House, Open Search, or Redis/Valkey, Neo4j. Kubernetes fundamentals (our poolers, proxies, and exporters run on EKS). Experience with Vault, Argo CD, or Git Ops workflows. Comfort using AI coding assistants to accelerate routine analysis and tooling. Tech Stack AWS Aurora Postgre SQL Kubernetes Pg Bouncer Terraform Ansible Victoria Metrics Vault Linux Why Join Us Real scale: a general fleet of production databases processing billions of events daily — and doubling.Direct impact: your automation ships to every data center; your advice shapes application data models.A small, collaborative team where DBA work and platform engineering meet.Grow into adjacent technologies: Click House, Open Search, Kubernetes, DR architecture. #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Senior Postgresql Dba (Barcelona)
🏢 Workato
📍 Barcelona