Let us start with some simple math.
24/7 coverage means 168 hours a week.
A full-time engineer typically works a 40-hour week.
That means you need 4.2 people just to ensure round-the-clock presence — and that is before factoring in weekends, public holidays, personal days, or unplanned absences.
Realistically, you need a team of six to ensure someone is available at all times to look after your database.
That is why we built DBA as a Service at Stormatics.
It is a managed PostgreSQL operations partnership, designed specifically for high-growth teams that need reliable, expert-led care for their database layer, allowing them to stay focused on product delivery.
Built for Mission-Critical PostgreSQL Environments
PostgreSQL is often at the heart of product architecture, especially in fintech, SaaS, and other data-intensive platforms. It runs the core business workflows, supports customer transactions, and underpins real-time decision-making.
The offering from Stormatics came out of a conversation with a fintech CTO who shared something that stuck with me:
“Our developers are firefighting Postgres issues every other day. We know it is not sustainable, but we do not want to hire a full DBA team either.”
The correct answer was not another support plan or ad hoc tuning engagement.
What they needed — and what we now offer — is a dedicated PostgreSQL operations function, staffed by senior experts, designed for continuous delivery, and built around proactive ownership.
For many of our customers, this service provides the operational benefits of an in-house DBA team without the associated overhead. You gain senior PostgreSQL expertise at a fraction of the cost of hiring, training, and retaining a full-time staff.
Since then, we have been partnering with several companies that run PostgreSQL in production, across industries and time zones. The service has one goal:
“Keep your PostgreSQL environment performant, secure, scalable, and reliable — without pulling internal focus away from your core product.”
What DBA as a Service Means in Practice
When you engage us for DBA as a Service, our team becomes an extension of yours. We take responsibility for your PostgreSQL stack across performance, security, availability, and lifecycle management.
That includes:
- Initial database installation and setup
- SLA based high availability
- Disaster recovery with defined RTO and RPO
- Workload-based performance optimization
- Access control and security hardening
- Capacity planning
- Database monitoring and real-time alerts
- Replication setup and failover
- Automated backup plans
- Architectural health checks
- PostgreSQL upgrades and hot-fixes
- Ongoing advisory on database design and scaling patterns
Our team is structured to meet aggressive uptime goals, with architectures routinely designed to deliver 99.99% availability through replication, automated failover, and continuous monitoring. The result is a PostgreSQL environment that keeps pace with your roadmap, handles growth smoothly, and remains enterprise-grade at all times.
Case study: See what achieving 99.99% availability looks like in mission-critical PostgreSQL environments.
The Right Fit for CTOs and Engineering Leaders
If you are leading technology at a product company, this service is designed with you in mind.
It supports your goals in three critical ways:
- Your team stays focused on building features instead of getting distracted by database puzzles.
- Your database scales with confidence, supported by best practices and deep experience.
- You gain access to top-tier talent from an organization that focuses exclusively on PostgreSQL.
This is an operational partnership, and it aligns with the way your engineering team works and the outcomes you care about.
Always a PostgreSQL Expert on the Job
Every member of the team behind this service is a seasoned PostgreSQL consultant. We bring decades of collective experience across industries and workloads. There are no generalists, no on-the-job learning, and no handoffs. The person working on your database understands it, owns it, and continuously improves it.
Works With Your PostgreSQL Setup
- PostgreSQL on virtual machines or bare metal
- Managed services like AWS RDS or Azure Flexiserver for PostgreSQL
- Extensions and variants like TimescaleDB, Citus, or EDB
- Or a custom setup on Kubernetes or hybrid cloud
Global Delivery in Local Time Zones
We operate on a follow-the-sun model, with engineers across regions, ensuring round-the-clock coverage and zero drop in quality.
That means you always work with someone who is fresh, responsive, and ready — we don’t believe in night shifts.
Whether your operations are based in North America, the Middle East, or Southeast Asia, you get real-time responsiveness with expert-level consistency.
Flexibility That Matches Your Growth
We understand that needs shift as your platform evolves.
This service is built with flexibility in mind:
- Scale up during product launches and peak demand periods
- Scale down when things are stable and predictable
- Add-on expertise for significant architecture changes and leveraging advanced features
There is no fixed shape to the engagement. We adapt to support your team’s goals at every stage.
Built to Let You Focus
The best engineering teams know where their time is most valuable.
By handing over PostgreSQL operations to a team that is singularly focused on it, you unlock time, clarity, and peace of mind for your internal developers to focus on your product.
Onboarding is fast and frictionless. We begin with a structured discovery and health check, followed by a tailored transition plan — so you get expert PostgreSQL care without disrupting your current workflows.
That means fewer distractions, faster execution, and a stronger outcome.
When It Is Critical, You Can Count on Us
This service is designed to support mission-critical databases — the kind that run customer workflows, power key business logic, and drive product decisions.
We have helped customers launch new regions, optimize multi-terabyte datasets, respond confidently to security audits, and meet uptime commitments during key commercial milestones.
You can count on us in those moments.
Because this is what we do, and we do it with intent.
Ready to Explore?
If your PostgreSQL environment requires dedicated, expert-led care — and your team is ready to focus on product — we would love to talk.
Reach out to start the conversation.
Let us take responsibility for your database, so you can keep building what matters to your business.