Senior Database Administrator

Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 18, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Apex Fintech Solutions
Location: Austin, TX
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join our team administering, maintaining, optimizing, and supporting high-volume database systems in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) managed databases. The role ensures data integrity, performance, and availability across Cloud SQL Postgres, AlloyDB, and related database technologies while embracing DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Administer and optimize high-volume PostgreSQL systems (including GCP Cloud SQL) and MongoDB in highly available environments.
  • Design and manage Terraform modules for GCP databases including Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL), Memorystore (Redis/Valkey), AlloyDB, Spanner, and BigQuery.
  • Manage transactional replication with low-latency delivery, utilizing BigQuery as a replication target while tuning performance and cost.
  • Implement database infrastructure changes via IaC (Terraform with GitHub PRs) adhering to reliability and security best practices.
  • Establish and validate backup/restore, point-in-time recovery (PITR), high availability/failover testing, and disaster recovery runbooks.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams on schema design reviews, query optimization, and BigQuery governance.
  • Manage database security, access controls, auditing, and incident response including on-call rotations and maintenance patching.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical work experience.
  • 8+ years of database administration experience, including deep expertise in PostgreSQL environments and transactional replication.
  • Extensive experience with GCP Cloud SQL PostgreSQL and cloud database management.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and version control with GitHub.
  • Proven track record designing high-availability architectures and disaster recovery plans.
  • Strong analytical, query tuning, and troubleshooting capabilities.
  • Scripting and programming proficiency for database operations automation.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience with Memorystore for Redis, AlloyDB, Google Cloud Spanner, and BigQuery.
  • Experience with other cloud platforms such as AWS RDS or Azure SQL.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows in financial services environments.

Benefits & Perks

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision, EAP).
  • Competitive PTO and 401(k) matching program.
  • Parental leave and HSA contribution matching.
  • Paid subscription to the Calm app and tuition reimbursement programs.
  • Hybrid work flexibility with office locations in Austin, Dallas, and other primary hubs.

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