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title: 'PostgreSQL DBA at Spinnaker Support'
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# PostgreSQL DBA at Spinnaker Support

- **Company:** Spinnaker Support
- **Location:** India
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-05-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/spinnakersupport/jobs/5146467007

## Job description

Spinnaker Support provides global enterprise software support, managed services, and project-based consulting to many of the world’s most recognized and respected brands. Founded in 2008, our customer focus, business integrity, exacting standards, and depth of expertise have earned us the trust and loyalty of over 1,300 organizations located in 104 countries. Our dedicated international team works closely with every customer to ensure they receive exceptional, customized services that clear the way for their operational success. Today, Spinnaker Support is proud to be the industry’s highest-rated provider for third-party software support services for Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, VMWare, Postgres and Salesforce.

Spinnaker Support has an immediate need for a PostgreSQL Technical Solution Architect (TSA) to join our team in India. The TSA will possess deep technical expertise across PostgreSQL database technologies, enterprise open-source ecosystems, and associated high availability, performance, migration, and cloud-native architectures. The TSA will engage in critical aspects of database support delivery and solution lifecycle management including technical analysis, architecture design, migration planning, performance optimization, troubleshooting, implementation, customer advisory, team development, and pre-sales support activities. The TSA will act as a trusted advisor to customers and internal teams, providing expert-level architectural guidance for complex PostgreSQL environments across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud deployments. The role requires the ability to manage technical compliance, operational resilience, and best practices throughout all stages of the database lifecycle.

## Experience / Education Requirements

Required

- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
- 15+ years of database administration, architecture, or support experience
- 10+ years hands-on PostgreSQL experience in enterprise environments
- Strong experience with PostgreSQL performance tuning, HA/DR, replication, backup/recovery, and security
- Engagement in Postgres Community as contributor or reviewer.
- Experience with PostgreSQL migrations from Oracle, SQL Server, or other commercial databases

## Preferred

- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with enterprise PostgreSQL distributions such as EDB, Crunchy Data, or similar
- PostgreSQL or cloud certifications preferred

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

- This position is considered level 4 help desk support.
- Must have excellent customer focus and communication, friendly interaction, and a passion to help customers with their software issues.
- Provide technical expertise required by application support team.
- Ability to troubleshoot customer issues in an environment where online and remotely connected to the customer’s systems.
- Must have ability to work well within a collaborative team environment.
- Drive customer satisfaction by tracking issues from start to closure.
- Occasional after hours, weekends and holiday support including participating in on-call rotation.
- Lead architecture and design discussions for enterprise PostgreSQL solutions
- Serve as the technical lead and trusted advisor for complex customer engagements
- Collaborate with engineering, support, delivery, and sales teams to ensure successful customer outcomes
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team capability development
- Participate in escalation handling for critical production issues and provide advanced troubleshooting support
- Identify opportunities for automation, operational efficiency, and process improvement

Required Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

- Expert-level understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, internals, administration, and ecosystem tooling
- Strong understanding of replication technologies, clustering, connection pooling, backup/recovery, and observability frameworks
- Experience with Linux system administration and scripting
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native database deployments is highly desirable
- Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work effectively in ambiguous or rapidly evolving environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong remote working discipline with the ability to independently manage customer and internal deliverables

## Preferred Technical Experience

- PostgreSQL
- Patroni, PgBouncer, HAProxy
- Streaming Replication and Logical Replication
- Backup technologies such as pgBackRest or Barman
- Monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK
- Cloud database services including Amazon RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud SQL
- Database migration and schema conversion tools
- Infrastructure automation using Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools
- Kubernetes operators for PostgreSQL

For California based applicants, see our CCPA policy here - [Privacy Policy](https://www.spinnakersupport.com/privacy-policy/)

## About Spinnaker Support

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Spinnaker Support provides third-party support, managed services, and consulting for enterprise software from Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, VMware, and Microsoft, helping organizations reduce maintenance costs and extend the life of their on-premise and hybrid systems.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States
- **Founded**: 2002
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: IT Services and IT Consulting
- **Target Customers**: Mid-size to Fortune 100 global enterprises, as well as public sector organizations that run Oracle, SAP, and VMware software. Serves organizations in 104 countries.
- **Mission / Purpose**: To deliver a high-quality, trustworthy support experience that saves customers an average of 62% on annual maintenance fees while allowing them to remain on their current software releases indefinitely.

## Products & Services
- **Third-Party Support (Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft)**: Comprehensive maintenance and support for on-premise enterprise applications, allowing customers to bypass vendor-mandated upgrades.
- **VMware Third-Party Support**: A newer offering (launched 2024) providing support for VMware environments, particularly relevant as Broadcom's acquisition of VMware changes licensing and support terms.
- **Application Managed Services (AMS)**: Ongoing management, monitoring, and optimization of enterprise applications.
- **Technology Managed Services**: Infrastructure management and support for the underlying technology stack.
- **Consulting Services**: Strategic advisory and implementation services to help customers navigate from on-premise to hybrid to cloud environments.
- **Security Services (Oracle)**: Specialized security architecture and support for Oracle environments.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (Private company)
- **Key Metric (Revenue)**: **$30.8 million** annual revenue (estimated)
- **Key Metric (Funding)**: Not applicable (private, no disclosed fundraising rounds; the company appears to be self-sustaining or was acquired/merged, not venture-backed).
- **Key Metric (Headcount)**: **210 employees** (as of most recent data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The company has acquired several entities including Dobler Consulting (2021), Versytec (2012), and Spinnaker Support Pte. Ltd. Its top talent sources include Oracle, SAP, Rimini Street, IBM, and VMware.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Headcount growth of **+8.4% YoY** (+23 people).
    - Active in 11 countries (US, UK, Australia, Singapore, India, Ireland, South Africa, France, Philippines, Thailand, and more).
    - Launched a new global **VMware Third-Party Support** offering in 2024, filling a gap created by Broadcom's acquisition of VMware.
    - Signed a significant new agreement with **BRP** (a major powersports company) for third-party support in 2024.
    - Renewed a major Oracle support contract with The Supreme Court of the United States in 2025.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Cost Savings**: Customers save an average of **62%** on annual maintenance fees compared to vendor direct support.
- **Ultimate Support Guarantee**: The first and only support guarantee in the third-party support market, promising a high-quality experience.
- **Breadth of Coverage**: One of the few vendors offering third-party support, managed services, and consulting across Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, and Microsoft (and now VMware) from a single provider.
- **Indefinite Support**: Allows customers to stay on their current software release versions indefinitely, avoiding forced migrations or upgrades.
- **Deep Expertise**: Employs many former Oracle, SAP, and Rimini Street professionals (15 from Oracle, 9 from SAP, 12 from Rimini Street), giving the company deep domain knowledge.

## Strategic Focus
- **VMware Expansion**: Capitalizing on the market disruption from Broadcom's VMware acquisition by offering a new, cost-effective support alternative.
- **Consolidation Play**: Pushing the "single vendor" strategy for third-party support, managed services, and consulting to win customers who want to simplify their vendor relationships.
- **Cloud Migration**: Helping customers navigate from on-premise to hybrid to cloud environments on their own terms and timelines.
- **Global Growth**: Expanding its presence in APAC (Singapore, Australia, India) and EMEA (UK, Ireland, South Africa).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Employee reviews on the careers page highlight an "outstanding experience," "great people, fantastic culture, strong and growing business," and "cultured, experienced, and fun" atmosphere. Multiple long-tenured employees (e.g., 6+ years) express high satisfaction.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: The company supports a wide range of remote roles. The careers page lists numerous "Remote - US," "Remote - UK," "Remote - India," and "Remote - Ireland or UK" positions, indicating a strong remote-first culture for many roles. There are also in-office roles for the Denver HQ and sales offices in London, Singapore, and Australia.
- **Growth & Stability**: A 22+ year old company that is still growing (8.4% headcount increase), suggesting a stable yet dynamic work environment.
- **Global Exposure**: Opportunities to work in or collaborate with teams across the US, UK, APAC, and EMEA.
- **Specialized Skills**: The company values deep technical expertise in Oracle, SAP, and VMware ecosystems, making it an ideal place for specialists in these areas.

## Sources
1. [Spinnaker Support Official Website](https://www.spinnakersupport.com/)
2. [Spinnaker Support Careers Page (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/spinnakersupport)
3. [Spinnaker Support About Us Page](https://www.spinnakersupport.com/about-us/)
4. [Spinnaker Support LinkedIn Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/spinnaker-support)
5. [Spinnaker Support Company Profile on Apollo.io](https://www.apollo.io/companies/Spinnaker-Support/54b00b677469696520bdaa4e00?chart=count) (Company data, revenue, headcount, talent sources)

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