Principal Cloud Architect (AWS RDS, DB)

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Full Time

Skills

Cloud Architect
AWS RDS
Mongo DB

Job Details

We re looking for a Principal Cloud Architect who can design and lead large-scale database solutions in the cloud. If you ve managed enterprise DB environments in the terabytes, this is your stage.

Type: Contract-to-Hire
Location: Salt Lake City, UT (onsite with some flexibility)

What you ll do:

  • Architect and scale AWS RDS & DynamoDB environments for performance, reliability, and security

  • Design disaster recovery, high availability, and compliance strategies

  • Guide teams on best practices, automation, and cloud-native architecture

  • Provide oversight for Oracle DB integration in hybrid setups

  • Collaborate with business leaders to align cloud strategy with vision

What you bring:

  • 10+ years in cloud/database architecture, with hands-on AWS RDS + DynamoDB

  • Experience handling multi-terabyte DB environments

  • Strong Oracle DBA knowledge (administration, recovery, tuning)

  • Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, automation scripting

  • AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional / Database Specialty) preferred

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