Database Cloud Engineer

New York, NY, US • Posted 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago
Contract W2
On-site
$70 - $83/hr
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • Database Migration
  • Financial Services
  • Database
  • Database Performance Tuning
  • Migration
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Kubernetes
  • MySQL
  • Terraform
  • Databricks

Summary

Title: Database Cloud Engineer (Database Migration to AWS) 7340

Location: New York City (100% Onsite) -Candidates local

Rate: $70.00 $83.00/hr (W2 Only)

Duration: 6 12+ Month Contract

No Corp-to-Corp or 3rd Party Agencies

We are seeking a Database Cloud Engineer with strong experience in database migration from on-prem environments to AWS. This role will focus on designing, deploying, and optimizing cloud-based database solutions while ensuring performance, scalability, and security.

You will work on large-scale database migrations (Oracle, SQL Server AWS RDS/Postgres/MySQL) and support modern cloud infrastructure using Terraform, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and support database migration efforts from on-prem (Oracle, SQL Server) to AWS
  • Engineer and maintain AWS database solutions (RDS, Postgres, MySQL, NoSQL, Databricks)
  • Deploy and manage multi-region, high-availability database environments
  • Containerize applications and tools using EKS, ECS, Kubernetes
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, GitLab pipelines)
  • Install and rehydrate applications in AWS environments (black-box deployments)
  • Troubleshoot and resolve database performance and reliability issues
  • Collaborate with engineering teams on cloud architecture, networking, and security

Required Qualifications

  • Strong experience with database migration to AWS (on-prem cloud)
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services (RDS, EC2, S3, etc.)
  • Experience with databases: Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Databricks
  • Experience with Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred)
  • Experience with containerization (Kubernetes, EKS, ECS)
  • Solid understanding of database performance tuning, replication, and high availability
  • Knowledge of networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect)
  • Experience with AWS DMS, SCT, or similar migration tools
  • Experience with multi-region deployments and cross-region replication
  • Background in enterprise or financial services environments

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  • Dice Id: 10301087
  • Position Id: 25-00544
  • Posted 4 hours ago
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