Senior PostgreSQL Platform & Observability Architect

Location: Mumbai

Please send us your resume at careers@ashnik.com

Role Summary

We are looking for a Senior PostgreSQL Platform & Observability Architect with deep hands-on experience in PostgreSQL, performance tuning, high availability, backup, replication and EnterpriseDB technologies.

This is not a traditional DBA role. The person is expected to act as a platform architect who can design differentiated PostgreSQL architectures for different deployment environments such as VMs, Kubernetes, OpenShift and cloud. The role will also involve working on observability platforms, especially Elasticsearch, and helping customers monitor, troubleshoot and optimize their database and infrastructure environments.

The ideal candidate should be hands-on, architecturally strong, customer-facing and eager to work across PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB, Elastic, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, Linux and cloud platforms.

What’s In It For You?

Build the Future of Enterprise Database Platforms

Go beyond traditional DBA responsibilities and architect highly available, cloud-ready PostgreSQL platforms for mission-critical enterprise workloads.

Work Across Cutting-Edge Technologies

Expand your expertise across PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB, Kubernetes, OpenShift, public cloud, Elasticsearch, OpenTelemetry and modern observability platforms.

Solve Complex Engineering Challenges

Design, optimize and troubleshoot large-scale production environments, helping customers modernize their database and platform infrastructure.

Become a Trusted Technology Advisor

Work closely with enterprise architects, infrastructure teams and CXOs, leading architecture discussions and influencing technology decisions for some of India’s leading enterprises.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement enterprise-grade PostgreSQL platforms for production workloads.
  • Architect high availability, disaster recovery, backup and replication solutions using PostgreSQL ecosystem tools.
  • Perform deep PostgreSQL performance tuning, query optimization and production troubleshooting.
  • Design PostgreSQL architectures for different platforms including physical servers, virtual machines, Kubernetes, OpenShift and public cloud.
  • Work with EnterpriseDB technologies including EDB Postgres Advanced Server, EDB Failover Manager, EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager, EDB Backup and Recovery, EDB Replication Server and migration tools.
  • Build observability solutions for PostgreSQL, infrastructure and application environments using Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic Agent, Beats, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Create dashboards, alerts and monitoring frameworks for performance, availability, capacity and reliability.
  • Support customer discovery workshops, architecture discussions, health checks, performance reviews and migration assessments.
  • Prepare solution designs, architecture documents, implementation plans, runbooks and best-practice guides.

Required Skills and Experience

  • 8+ years of overall IT infrastructure, database or platform engineering experience.
  • 5+ years of strong hands-on PostgreSQL experience in production environments.
  • Strong experience in PostgreSQL performance tuning, including query optimization, indexing, partitioning, vacuum, autovacuum, WAL, checkpoint tuning, memory tuning and connection management.
  • Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL high availability and replication tools such as Patroni, repmgr, pg_auto_failover, streaming replication, logical replication, HAProxy, Keepalived and PgBouncer.
  • Strong experience with backup and recovery tools such as pgBackRest, Barman, WAL-G, PITR and backup validation.
  • Good understanding of Linux, storage, networking, system performance, shell scripting and troubleshooting.
  • Experience in designing PostgreSQL deployments on virtualized environments such as VMware, Hyper-V or Nutanix.
  • Understanding of Kubernetes and OpenShift concepts such as StatefulSets, Persistent Volumes, Storage Classes, Operators, node affinity, anti-affinity, pod disruption budgets, rolling upgrades and failover.
  • Exposure to PostgreSQL operators such as EDB Operator, CloudNativePG, CrunchyData Operator or similar technologies.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, including managed PostgreSQL services and self-managed PostgreSQL on cloud infrastructure.
  • Good understanding of observability, monitoring, logging and alerting.
  • Exposure to Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic Agent, Filebeat, Metricbeat, Prometheus, Grafana or OpenTelemetry.
  • Education : Engineering Degree or equivalent

Benefits

We understand the importance of Team Members well-being and work-life balance. That’s why we offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Comprehensive Medical Insurance: We’ve got your health covered with our comprehensive medical insurance plan
  • Flexible Working Options: We promote work-life balance with flexible working options, allowing you to manage your professional and personal commitments effectively
  • Continuous Training & Development: We value continuous learning and offer opportunities for professional growth through training and development programs
  • 24×7 Team Assistance Program: Our team assistance program provides support when you need it, ensuring you have the resources to thrive
  • Generous Parental and Family Leave: We recognize the importance of family and provide generous parental and family leave options
  • Paid Medical and Annual Leaves: Enjoy paid medical and annual leaves to recharge and relax
  • Reward and Recognition Program: Your hard work and dedication are acknowledged and rewarded through our recognition program

About Ashnik

Since our inception in 2009, Ashnik has consistently led the way in introducing advanced open-source technologies to the Southeast Asian and Indian markets. As a premier provider of enterprise open-source solutions, we are dedicated to empowering organizations around the globe to harness the power of open source for their digital transformation initiatives. We offer a comprehensive suite of Solutions, Services, Support, and Subscriptions across key technology domains including Unified Observability, Streaming Data Pipelines, Database Platforms, and Application Delivery Platforms.

Utilizing Machine Learning and AI, we develop innovative solutions that significantly impact enterprise growth. To date, over 300 leading global enterprises have benefited from our tailored offerings. We pride ourselves on partnering with foremost open-source technology vendors, delivering solutions built on industry-leading technologies such as PostgreSQL, Elastic, Kafka, Nginx, Kubernetes, Apache Spark, MongoDB, Yuga byte, and Ansible. At Ashnik, we are committed to empowering your business with pioneering solutions that drive success and transformation