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