Database Administrator

BRG is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Second Sight Solutions, a subsidiary of Berkeley Research Group (BRG), is a health technology company that reimagines how drug discount data is exchanged. We deliver reliable, first‑to‑market solutions and safeguard the data we receive. Our culture gives employees the freedom to create, collaborate, and grow under industry‑expert leaders who challenge the status quo.

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Postgre

SQL Database Administrator (DBA) to own the management, maintenance, monitoring, and optimization of our Postgre

SQL database systems. The DBA will partner closely with Engineering, Dev Ops, and Security teams to support product functionality, observability, and compliance.

• Administer and maintain Postgre
  
  SQL databases in cloud environments (Azure preferred).
• Track database health, performance, and capacity using cloud‑native and third‑party monitoring tools.
• Own backup strategy, integrity checks, retention policies, and disaster recovery planning.
• Configure and maintain replication, failover, and high‑availability setups across environments.
• Build and maintain automation for provisioning, migrations, monitoring, and maintenance using IaC and scripting tools.
• Improve performance through partnering with development teams on query tuning, indexing, schema design, normalization, and indexing strategies.
• Implement security best practices for RBAC, encryption, auditing and patching.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database‑related incidents in collaboration with Dev Ops and engineering.
• Develop root cause analysis findings implement preventative actions.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Postgre
  
  SQL DBA in a production environment.
• Strong knowledge of Postgres internals, configuration, performance tuning, indexing, and vacuum strategies.
• Experience with cloud‑hosted database services (Azure Postgre
  
  SQL, Citus, Amazon RDSli>
• Familiarity with CI/CD‑driven schema migration tools (Flyway, Liquibase, and Atlas).
• Strong understanding of data security, encryption standards, and access controls.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to operate in production SaaS environments.
• Proficiency with Ruby or Go (preferred but not required).
• Microsoft SQL Server experience (preferred but not required).
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills and able to partner effectively with software engineers, Security, Dev Ops, and SREs.

Candidate must be able to submit verification of their legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.

Salary Range: $115,000 - $165,000 per year.

BRG combines world‑leading academic credentials with world‑tested business expertise purpose‑built for agility and connectivity. At BRG, our top‑tier professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading‑edge data scientists who bring diverse real‑world experience to economics, disputes, and investigations, corporate finance, and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges for organizations worldwide.

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.