Senior PostgreSQL Administrator (Remote / Hybrid, Moldova)

Company: Blazar Labs
Location: Remote / Hybrid (Moldova-based candidates only)
Experience Level: Senior

About Blazar Labs:
Blazar Labs designs and deploys resilient digital infrastructures that enable transformative governance, economic empowerment, and societal progress. We build trusted, secure, and scalable software platforms by combining distributed-ledger tech, robust IoT systems, and rigorous software engineering. To strengthen our data-platform practice, we’re adding a senior PostgreSQL specialist who can keep mission-critical databases fast, secure, and highly available.

What you’ll work on:
- Coordinate, design, implement, and administer PostgreSQL solutions for enterprise clients.
- Tune and secure databases, automate backups, fail-over, replication, and point-in-time recovery.
- Build and maintain HA architectures (Patroni, repmgr, EDB PGD, etc.) across on-prem and cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Develop normalized / dimensional data models, migrate data (Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL → PostgreSQL) with ora2pg, DMS, CDC tools.
- Create IaC and automation for database provisioning with Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
- Monitor performance with Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, Datadog, or native cloud tools; investigate incidents and lead root-cause analysis.
- Mentor teammates, document best practices, and contribute to process improvements.

What we expect:
- Proven experience installing, upgrading, and administering PostgreSQL in large-scale production.
- Hands-on work with cloud and virtualized environments; strong in Linux administration.
- Solid scripting (Bash, Python) and familiarity with at least one compiled language (Go, C++, Java).
- Deep understanding of HA, replication, backup, and disaster-recovery strategies (Barman, pgBackRest, WAL archiving).
- Practical knowledge of containerized PostgreSQL (Kubernetes, Helm); exposure to cloud-native operators is a plus.
- Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills; ability to manage 24/7 escalations when necessary.
- Nice to have: ITIL mindset, contributions to PostgreSQL community projects, experience with Debezium/Striim.

What you get:
- Competitive salary and performance-based reviews.
- Flexible remote / hybrid schedule; office presence only when needed.
- Budget for training, certifications, and conferences.
- Work on high-impact international transformation projects with a skilled, supportive team.