DB2 & PostgreSQL DBA – L3 (Operations Lead)

About the Role The DB2 & PostgreSQL DBA – L3 (Operations Lead) is a senior technical and people leadership role responsible for managing enterprise-scale database environments. The role combines hands-on expertise in DB2 (LUW) and PostgreSQL with operational leadership to ensure high availability, performance, security, and SLA adherence across production and non-production systems. The incumbent acts as the final escalation point, drives automation and best practices, and leads a team of DBAs in hybrid cloud and on-prem environments. What You'll Do

• Manage, configure, and optimize DB2 (LUW) and PostgreSQL databases, including HA/DR, backup, recovery, replication, and clustering strategies.
• Perform performance tuning, SQL/query optimization, and capacity planning; enforce security, audit, and compliance standards across platforms.
• Lead daily database operations to meet SLAs, define SOPs, monitoring frameworks, and drive automation for deployments, patching, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Lead, mentor, and supervise DBA and support teams; allocate workloads, track delivery, and conduct performance reviews to promote collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Partner with application teams, architects, and business leaders on scalable designs; provide technical leadership for migrations, upgrades, and cloud adoption; act as primary escalation for critical production incidents and RCA reviews. What We're Looking For
• 8+ years of enterprise DBA experience with DB2 (LUW) and PostgreSQL; strong SQL skills, PL/pgSQL, DB2 stored procedures, triggers, and indexing.
• Hands-on experience with HA/DR (HADR, Patroni, replication, clustering); experience supporting large-scale production environments.
• Cloud exposure to AWS RDS, Azure Database, or GCP Cloud SQL; experience in hybrid cloud and on-prem database architectures.
• Proven leadership experience managing DBA or L2/L3 support teams; strong incident management, RCA, and problem-resolution capabilities; excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders. Nice to Have
• Automation using Ansible, shell scripting, CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, IBM Data Server Manager.
• ITIL or equivalent service management certification Compensation & Benefits
• Salary not disclosed.