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# Lead Database Reliability Engineer | AWS | MySQL

- **Company:** Motion Recruitment
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Backup Devices, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Normalization, DevOps, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Database Performance, Indexer, Containerization, Kubernetes, AWS Data Analytics, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=95c149000824aa30

## About the Role

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

## Description

To be considered you must have strong mySQL Database administration experience, with PostgreSQL, Aurora, SQL Server, being helpful as well. You will be responsible for database performance (tables/views, indexing, data normalization, etc), backups & recovery, etc. You will also be sitting within a broader devops team and will interface with cloud, infrastructure, and deployment, and automation teams, so any exposure to infrastructure-as-code, terraform, docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, or scripting, would also be helpful.
While you would be working within a larger tech org, this is a small, newer team with a high degree of opportunity for autonomy & influence. Prior experience managing vendors, working with internal-stakeholder-heavy positions, and making architecture or technology/tooling decisions is also a plus. Required Skills & Experience

 * 8+ years of relevant database experience
 * Recent AWS data management experience
 * MySQL Database administration
 + Database performance
 + Backups & recovery
 * Other database/data technologies
 + Aurora
 + PostgreSQL
 + MS SQL Server

Desired Skills & Experience

 * Devops
 + IaC/Terraform
 + CI/CD
 + Containerization (Kubernetes)

What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown

 * 80% Database Administration
 * 20% Misc. Automation & performance related tasks

Daily Responsibilities

 * 60% Hands On
 * 40% Team Collaboration & Vendor Management

The Offer

 * Eligible for Annual Salary Bonus


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