Overview In this role you will own the data-layer for a large PostgreSQL-based system on Amazon Aurora, ensuring high performance and reliability at enterprise scale. You will balance day-to-day operations with longer automation projects, shaping data models and deployment practices for cross-functional teams. You’ll drive incident responses, improve observability, and turn manual procedures into repeatable automation. This role supports Workato’s mission to orchestrate AI-powered business processes with trust and scale. Responsabilidades * Own day-to-day PostgreSQL operations across production data centers (indexing, query-plan analysis, schema reviews, migrations) * Collaborate with application teams on data-model decisions and scaling concerns * Tune and operate Aurora PostgreSQL (parameter groups, replicas, failover, capacity planning) * Maintain and evolve PgBouncer connection pooling * Automate deployments and maintenance (Terraform + Ansible) for upgrades, switchover, and provisioning * Lead incident response and RCAs for database issues,



tracking follow-up actions * Enhance database observability (postgres_exporter, VictoriaMetrics dashboards/alerts) * Participate in duty rotation with focused off-duty time for deep work Requisitos principales * 5+ years of hands-on operational PostgreSQL experience (DBA / reliability) * Strong experience with multi-TB table performance tuning and indexing * Production experience with Aurora or RDS; awareness of its constraints * Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code proficiency; Linux comfort * Experience with connection pooling (PgBouncer) in production * Practical experience with logical replication, major-version upgrades, low-downtime migrations * Scripting ability (Bash, Python or Go); automation-first mindset * Cloud experience (AWS) with solid incident-management and RCA skills * collaboration with cross-functional teams * data-driven decision making * problem-solving under pressure * PostgreSQL (Aurora), multi-TB per

📌 Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 Workato
📍 Barcelona