Senior AWS & Multi-Database Engineer

Title: Senior AWS & Multi-Database Engineer Location: Remote

About the Role
We are seeking a Senior AWS & Multi-Database Engineer with deep expertise across
AWS-managed database services as well as traditional and NoSQL platforms such as
Oracle DB and MongoDB. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, strategic problem solver,
and forward-thinking technologist who thrives on optimizing data infrastructure for scale,
performance, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and maintain AWS-managed and on-prem/cloud-hosted databases
including:
o Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, and Oracle engines)
o Amazon DynamoDB
o Amazon ElastiCache (Redis and Memcached)
o Amazon DocumentDB and MongoDB
o Amazon OpenSearch Service (formerly Elasticsearch Service)
o Standalone Oracle Database environments
Manage RDS clusters, snapshots, and instances, ensuring data integrity,
availability, and recovery readiness.
Architect, implement, and maintain database monitoring, automation, and
scaling strategies using AWS-native and third-party tools.
Partner with engineering, DevOps, and analytics teams to deliver secure, high
performing, and cost-efficient database solutions.
Lead database migrations, upgrades, and disaster recovery planning with
minimal downtime.
Implement and optimize backup, replication, and sharding strategies for multi
region and high-throughput workloads.
Continuously assess emerging technologies and propose data modernization and
optimization strategies.

Required Qualifications

5-10+ years of experience managing production database systems in AWS and
hybrid environments.
Deep hands-on experience with AWS services:
o aws_rds_db_snapshot, aws_dynamodb, aws_rds_instance,
aws_elasticache, aws_rds_cluster, aws_docdb_cluster,
aws_elasticsearch_domain
Strong operational and tuning experience with Oracle Database and MongoDB.
Demonstrated knowledge of SQL and NoSQL data modeling, performance tuning,
and query optimization.
Experience implementing high availability, replication, and disaster recovery
configurations.
Skilled in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) for provisioning and
automation.
Familiarity with security best practices encryption, IAM roles, VPC networking,
and data access controls.
Excellent communication and documentation skills with a collaborative mindset.
Preferred Qualifications
AWS Certified Database Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect certification.
Experience with MongoDB and Oracle DB