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Work with a PostgreSQL DBA expert
A certified PostgreSQL DBA who takes the engine for you: migrations from Oracle, performance tuned with real execution plans and high availability that holds on its own.
Senior tech talent for your PostgreSQL administration, starting in days on the version you already run, without growing headcount or a hiring process.
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PostgreSQL DBA: what this role brings to your project
A PostgreSQL DBA administers the open-source engine in production: tuning performance with execution plans and indexing, scheduling backup and recovery, configuring replication and high availability, and deciding schema migration windows.
They are the specialist of one engine under the database administration umbrella: PostgreSQL only here. The demand is embedded in skills: PostgreSQL appears in 1,593 live UK tech vacancies, 2.3x more than MongoDB.
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One provider. One contract. Full traceability
How Shakers works for your company
Post your project
Tell us about the project, its scope, the expertise you need and when you want to get to work.
You get three options
We match your brief against certified talent and introduce the three AI Builders who fit best.
The last word is yours
Meet the three specialists and choose who you collaborate with; we handle the rest.
Why work with Shakers
The advantages of adding this profile with Shakers
Slow queries with a real diagnosis
Execution plans, indexing and engine statistics: the slow query stops being a mystery and gets a plan.
Migration from Oracle, no orphans
From syntax mapping to object equivalence: leaving Oracle with a post-migration plan that keeps the engine owned.
Backup with tested restores
pgBackRest or the environment's equivalent, with cadence and tested restores: a backup that was never restored is not a backup.
Capacity without growing headcount
PostgreSQL administration by project, no hiring process: certified talent with your access and your windows.
Ongoing support when the engine asks
Beyond the project, an ongoing collaboration model: the engine gets regular maintenance, not only attention when it hurts.
High availability at your scale
Replication and failover sized to your reality: a single instance can live with a written contingency plan.
Frequently asked questions
Any other questions? Our team will answer them.
Tell us your data projectWhat is the difference between a PostgreSQL DBA and a generalist DBA?
The generalist runs several engines with reasonable depth; the PostgreSQL DBA lives the engine: its execution plans, its replication, its migrations. For pure PostgreSQL, the specialist.
How much does a PostgreSQL DBA engagement cost?
Scope sets the price: number of instances, maintenance windows and whether there are on-call rotations. The budget closes per project before starting.
How long does the engine diagnosis take?
With engine access and the incident history, the diagnosis with execution plans and recommendations arrives in days. High availability is configured in phases.
Ongoing support or one-off project?
Both figures exist: the one-off project covers a migration or a backup plan; ongoing support accompanies the engine with agreed windows and on-call shifts. Many start one-off and move on.
Can PostgreSQL administration be done remotely?
Almost all of it: the engine runs in the cloud or an accessible data centre and on-call happens remotely. Only some physical maintenance asks for presence.
What does a PostgreSQL DBA need to start?
Engine access, the incident history and one session to agree maintenance windows. With that, the diagnosis arrives in days.
What gets delivered in the first weeks
The engine's real diagnosis: execution plans of the slow queries, indexing state, backup policy with tested restores and the replication map that exists, if any.
The open engine gaining ground
PostgreSQL appears in 1,593 live UK tech vacancies, according to Shakers' market analysis (n=39,811, September 2026). The market conversation: leaving Oracle and needing someone who runs the engine replacing it.
Migration and aftercare, not just setup
The typical brief isn't "what is PostgreSQL" but "we migrated from Oracle and have no DBA for this engine": syntax equivalences, cutover windows and a post-migration plan.
Umbrella and specialists
This role is the PostgreSQL specialist within database administration: SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL have their general page, MongoDB its NoSQL one. The boundary is agreed at kickoff.
Connect with AI specialists to build your next project
Find specialists in Tech, Product, Data to complement your team
Database Administrator
The umbrella of the trade: when your brief touches SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL alongside the open engine, that's the general page.
MongoDB DBA
The collective's NoSQL specialist: when data doesn't fit tables, the page administering MongoDB and its scale.
Backend Developer
Their applications write to your engine: schemas and queries your administration sustains, with their deployment windows.
AWS DevOps Engineer
The infrastructure the engine runs on: snapshots, networks and the cloud cost carrying the instance.
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