Cloud Database Engineer :: 100% onsite in McLean, VA

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

PostgreSQL
AWS
Aurora
Migration

Job Details

Cloud Database Engineer

Location - 100% onsite in McLean, VA Onsite interview required.

Long Term

they need to be former Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Capital One, or mortgage company background.

They're looking for someone to create and manage RDS Aurora using Terraform and work on optimizing their databases. Step function in Terraform. RDS/Aurora, EC2 provisioning, Lambda, etc.
Supplier Vetting Questions:
How many years of hand on experience do you have in a database engineering role please tell us you contribution.
How many years of hands on cloud database design and automation do you have? Have you worked on aurora provisioning automation using CFT /Terraform?
Have you automated Mongo Atlas provisioning using CFT/Terraform?

Job Description:

A successful candidate will have the following characteristics:
PostgreSQL Experience
Strong understanding of PostgreSQL architecture internals and best practices.
Experience with database design development and optimization.
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve PostgreSQL issues.
Experience with AWS Aurora features such as high availability Global databases and storage.
Experience with Aurora management and monitoring tools. - Experience with Aurora's performance and cost optimization strategies.
Good understanding of overall AWS echo system and automation tools i.e. CFT Terraform Database Administration:
Monitoring database performance implementing backup and recovery strategies and troubleshooting database issues.
Performing database tuning and query optimization. - Ensuring database integrity security and compliance.
Very well versed with Database Security Access Management
Database administration experience with supporting traditional DB tech such as Oracle MongoDB will be highly preferable Database Migration:
Experience with database migration strategies including planning execution and data integrity verification including use of AWS DMS services
Familiarity with tools and techniques for migrating data between different database systems i.e. Oracle to PostgreSQL Aurora
Soft skills:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Self-motivated driven and creative individual
Experience with the following are differentiators:
Education Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Information Technology or equivalent work experience required

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