Database Administrator - Postgres

Overview:

Guidepoint is an enterprise software organization embarking on a modernization strategy from a legacy monolith to a cloud-native, Kubernetes-based environment. With multiple product and platform teams delivering reusable services across the enterprise, We are seeking a highly experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator and Architect to design, operate, and evolve PostgreSQL platforms that support cloud-native, microservices-based applications. This role is critical to ensuring our data layer is scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with Kubernetes-driven architectures.

You will work closely with platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, and application teams to design PostgreSQL architectures that seamlessly support containerized workloads, distributed systems, and high-throughput microservices. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep PostgreSQL expertise combined with modern cloud and Kubernetes experience. This role is essential for driving modernization, reducing duplication, accelerating delivery, and building a cohesive, future-ready enterprise architecture.

This position is a hybrid position out of our Pune office.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, deploy, and operate PostgreSQL platforms for microservices in Kubernetes environments, ensuring scalability and resilience
• Architect and manage Azure PostgreSQL (Flexible Server & Hyperscale/Citus) for high availability, disaster recovery, and global scale
• Lead performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity planning across database and infrastructure layers
• Drive cloud migration and modernization from legacy/on-prem systems to cloud-native PostgreSQL
• Partner with engineering teams to enable CI/CD, automation, and zero-downtime deployments
• Implement security, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery strategies
• Define database design patterns for microservices, including distributed and event-driven architectures
• Build automation using IaC tools (Terraform, Bicep) and scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Establish monitoring/observability, define best practices, and mentor teams as a senior technical leader

Required Technical Qualifications:

• 8+ years in software architecture, cloud engineering, or platform engineering.
• Strong expertise in: 
• Domain-driven design (DDD) and domain decomposition
• Cloud-native design principles and modernization strategies
• Event-driven design, messaging platforms (Kafka, Azure Service Bus)
• Cloud-native patterns such as CQRS, Saga, Event Sourcing, Circuit Breakers
• Demonstrated proficiency in programming languages with the ability to assess current application structures and determine appropriate modernization approaches.
• Experience with authentication and identity, including Auth0, OIDC, OAuth2, and SSO.
• Experience in API architecture, including REST, GraphQL, and gateways, is required.
• Experience using AI-powered tooling to support PostgreSQL administration, troubleshooting, and operational efficiency.

Desired Technical Qualifications:

• Kubernetes, Containers, service mesh, ingress/egress patterns  
• Microservices and distributed systems 
• Ci/CD pipelines, Helm charts, GitOps and modern DevOps tooling

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation
• Employee medical coverage
• Central office location
• Entrepreneurial environment, autonomy, and fast decisions
• Casual work environment

About Guidepoint:

Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action.

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