Cloud DBA

About the opportunity:

We are looking for a highly skilled Cloud Operations Database Administrator with deep expertise in AWS to design, manage, and optimize our cloud-based database infrastructure. However, this is not a traditional DBA role. Instead, you will focus on the governance, automation and operational oversight of databases platforms in AWS, primarily RDS, across a large, multi-account and multi-regional environment. You will play a critical role in ensuring our database ecosystem is secure, compliant, cost effective, and operationally efficient, leveraging native AWS services and automation practices.

Primary Duties:

• Provide centralized oversight and management of AWS database services, primarily Amazon RDS, across multiple AWS accounts and regions

• Design and implement solutions to discover, inventory, and track RDS instances in a dynamic cloud environment

• Identify and remediate non-compliant database configurations (multi-AZ, encryption at rest, security, backup, deletion protection, monitoring, tagging, cost optimization, etc.)

• Develop and maintain automated workflows and tooling to enforce standards and reduce manual intervention

• Partner with operations and automation teams to ensure best practices for database deployment and lifecycle management

• Leverage native AWS services (e.g., Control Tower, Config, EventBridge, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Lambda, Systems Manager, RDS Performance Insights, Backup, IAM) to build scalable governance solutions

• Monitor database environments for performance, reliability, and operational health trends

• Contribute to cost optimization strategies across RDS environments

Required Skills:

• Experience working with AWS cloud services, with a strong focus on AWS RDS

• Understanding of multi-account AWS environments and governance at scale

• Automation & Scripting – Python, AWS CLI, PowerShell

• Familiarity with database administration concepts (Backup/Recovery, HA, Performance, Security, Upgrades)

• Experience identifying and resolving configuration drift and compliance issues

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a distributed environment

Preferred Skills:

• In depth knowledge of any of the following RDBMS’s: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL

• Linux

• Databricks

• Elasticsearch / ElastiCache

• Azure DevOps (pipelines, repos, CI/CD)