AWS Cloud DBA

Purple Drive Technologies LLC
San Antonio, United States of America
7 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

San Antonio, United States of America

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Bash
Cloud Database
Cloud Engineering
Databases
Microsoft Management Console
Continuous Integration
Data Integrity
Data Recovery
DevOps
Disaster Recovery
Amazon DynamoDB
Monitoring of Systems
Identity and Access Management
Python
PostgreSQL
Performance Tuning
Backup and Restore
Datadog
System Availability
Database Performance
Gitlab
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Performance Monitor
Cloudwatch
User Accounts

Job description

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud DBA with strong expertise in AWS RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing, optimizing, monitoring, and securing cloud-based database environments across development, testing, and production systems., * Python / Bash scripting

  • AWS Monitoring Tools:
  • CloudWatch
  • ELK Logs
  • Datadog
  • CI/CD and DevOps tools:
  • GitLab, * Database administration and cloud database operations
  • Performance monitoring and optimization

  • Backup and disaster recovery strategies

  • IAM role management and security controls

  • High availability and failover configurations

  • Database upgrades, patching, and scaling, Database Administration

  • Create and manage Aurora PostgreSQL clusters and DynamoDB environments

  • Perform regular disaster recovery (DR) exercises and validations

  • Manage database user accounts, roles, and permissions

  • Scale database clusters based on workload requirements

  • Perform database upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities

Performance Optimization

  • Monitor database performance metrics including:
  • CPU utilization
  • Memory consumption
  • Disk I/O
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks using:
  • CloudWatch
  • ELK Logs
  • Datadog

Backup & Recovery

  • Implement robust backup and recovery strategies
  • Support import/export operations and AWS_S3 extensions
  • Ensure data integrity and availability across environments

Security & Monitoring

  • Configure and manage IAM roles for secure access control
  • Utilize AWS Management Console for RDS administration
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational health checks
  • Support high availability and disaster recovery architectures

Requirements

This role requires hands-on experience in database administration, performance tuning, disaster recovery, monitoring, automation, and cloud-native database operations within AWS environments.

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