AWS Database Engineer

hirist

Mumbai, India 3 Years Exp Posted 34d ago

Key Responsibilities :

- Manage and operate AWS database services including RDS, Aurora, and self-managed databases on EC2

- Support production and non-production databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle

- Perform database provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, and version management

- Ensure high availability, backup, restore, and disaster recovery configurations for databases

- Monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and perform tuning and optimization

- Manage database security including encryption at rest and in transit, IAM roles, parameter groups, and access controls

- Support database connectivity from applications hosted on EKS, EC2, and other AWS services

- Troubleshoot database incidents, performance issues, and connectivity problems

- Implement and manage automated backups, snapshots, and retention policies

- Use Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation for database provisioning and configuration

- Work closely with application, network, and security teams during production changes and incidents

- Support audit, compliance, and Infosec requirements by providing database evidence and documentation

- Follow defined change management, backup, and operational procedures

Key Tools :

- AWS Services : Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, EC2, AWS Backup, CloudWatch, AWS KMS, IAM

- Databases : MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle

- Automation : Terraform, AWS CloudFormation

Qualifications :

- 3 to 5+ years of experience in database administration or database engineering

- Hands-on experience managing databases in AWS cloud environments

- Strong understanding of database architecture, replication, backup, and recovery

- Experience with performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization

- Knowledge of database security best practices and compliance requirements

- AWS Certified Database Specialty preferred