Job Summary: Senior Cloud DBA
Location: Hybrid/Onsite Aurora, IL
- Manage and administer AWS RDS databases (SQL Server and PostgreSQL) for clients.
- Perform database provisioning, patching, upgrades, and performance tuning.
- Implement and maintain backup, recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Ensure database security, encryption, and access controls.
- Monitor and resolve database performance and availability issues.
- Act as the primary database contact for clients, providing support and technical guidance.
- Gather client database requirements and provide architecture recommendations.
- Participate in client meetings, database reviews, and planning sessions.
- Clearly explain database performance issues and solutions to clients.
- Support incident resolution, root cause analysis, and audit requests.
- Develop and maintain database documentation, standards, and operational runbooks.
- Advise clients on best practices for scalability, reliability, and cost optimization.
- Required: 7+ years of DBA experience, strong AWS RDS expertise, client-facing experience, and excellent communication/documentation skills.
- Preferred: MongoDB experience, managed database service experience, certifications, and experience supporting multiple clients.
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