OverviewIn 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.
ResponsabilidadesOwn 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 principales5+ 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 performance
PgBouncer
Terraform

📌 Senior Infrastructure Engineer (España)
🏢 Workato
📍 España