Amazon Aurora DBA

*** Must have Amazon Aurora****

Vega Consulting Solutions, Inc. is searching for a Amazon Aurora DBA for a 6 month+ Contract opportunity for our direct client. This position is hybrid based.

Periodic travel to Washington, D.C. client site.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology and/or equivalent industry experience.
• 10 years of database experience
• 9 years of experience with AWS Aurora database
• Experience working with large database projects
• 1-3 years of experience in working large scale projects
• Cloud computing concepts, virtualization
• Excellent verbal communication skills; Strong visual presentation skills
• Flexibility to communicate effectively with various levels of Mgmt.
• Ability to analyze critical information, assess upstream/downstream impact, and formulate broad recommendations

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Optimizing analytics performance by writing SQL queries on the data that resides in a relational database, including Amazon Aurora, Redshift, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and Snowflake
• Serve as a SME to resolve issues and long running queries on PostgreSQL
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions
• Create and update documentation to confirm architecture, user, design, and other documents describing the deployed system
• Work closely with customers, business analysts and team members to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions
• Create SQL queries for Data Quality validations
• Writing complex SQL queries for reporting and ensuring data validity in target tables
• Develop SQL queries to extract, manipulate, and/or calculate information
• Data and reporting requirements including identifying the needed tables and columns
• Capture details and required information to assign/resolve defects during Defect Management

• Use SQL querying tools like DBeaver, SQL Workbench etc.

Required:

• Performance Tuning and Optimization: Identify and resolve database performance issues, including query optimization, index tuning, and resource utilization. Monitor database performance metrics and implement improvements to optimize performance
• Database Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Monitor database activity and performance using database monitoring tools. Diagnose and resolve database-related issues and incidents, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure timely resolution

If your back ground matches the above skill set, please select Apply Now and a Vega Staffing Specialist will reach out to you.