Hiring,
Greetings from Modern Agile Technologies.
Position: Cloud Database Administrator (Cloud DBA)
Location; Dallas, TX (Onsite)
Type: Contract (W2 Only)
Need local resources only
Experience: 8–12+ years
Program: Migration of Legacy Applications from On Prem to AWS
Role Summary
Responsible for assessing, provisioning, migrating, and optimizing databases as part of a large-scale enterprise application migration program from on-premises infrastructure to AWS. The role requires strong expertise in Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB, hands-on cloud database provisioning experience, and the ability to collaborate with multiple application teams and client stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB databases.
- Provision and configure cloud databases, instances, schemas, users, access controls, storage, and connectivity based on application requirements.
- Assess existing databases for compatibility, dependencies, capacity, performance, and migration readiness.
- Define and execute database migration strategies, including schema conversion, data migration, replication, validation, cutover, and rollback planning.
- Leverage appropriate AWS services and tools, such as Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DocumentDB, AWS DMS, and native database utilities, based on target architecture and compatibility.
- Implement database security, encryption, backup and recovery, high availability, monitoring, and disaster recovery practices.
- Collaborate with application owners, cloud architects, infrastructure, network, and security teams to resolve technical dependencies and ensure migration readiness.
- Manage database activities across multiple applications concurrently, track progress and risks, and provide timely status updates to stakeholders.
- Prepare database migration plans, technical documentation, operational runbooks, and handover artifacts.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 8–12+ years of database administration experience with strong hands-on expertise in Oracle, SQL Server, and/or MongoDB.
- Proven experience creating and configuring databases, instances, and schemas in AWS cloud environments.
- Experience with on-premises-to-cloud database migration, data validation, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Working knowledge of AWS database services, cloud networking, security, and monitoring.
- Experience with SQL, scripting, automation, and database migration tools.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple application workstreams and deliver within defined migration timelines.
Preferred: AWS certification, experience with enterprise-scale cloud migration programs, and familiarity with Jira and DevOps processes
