Database Administrator

Database Administrator- MS SQL Server & AWS RDS

Location: Remote

Position: Full-time role

About the Role:

Database Administrator (DBA)

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, administer, and maintain databases on

  MS SQL Server, Postgres,

  MySQL, MariaDB and RDS version of these DBs

• Administer and optimize

  AWS RDS instances

  including backups, replication, and failover strategies.
• Analyze database performance and make

  recommendations

  for architecture, configuration, and scaling.
• Collaborate with application, DevOps, and cloud teams for seamless database integration.
• Perform

  real-time troubleshooting

  of production database issues to ensure minimal downtime, implement and maintain

  high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR)

  solutions.
• Conduct

  performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing

  strategies to enhance database efficiency.
• Work with AWS services like Athena, Glue, RedShift, Step Functions, S3, Lake Formation, DMS, MSK/Kafka
• Operate within AWS cloud-native infrastructure (EC2, VPC, IAM, Security Groups)
• Develop scripts and automate tasks using

  SQL, PowerShell, Python

• Ensure

  database security, compliance, and access control

  in line with organizational policies.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years experience in

  Database Administration

  with proven expertise in

  AWS Cloud Architecture

• Strong hands-on with

  MS SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB and Amazon RDS version of these DBs

• Experience in AWS Data Engineering & Analytics tools
• Skilled in database design, data modelling, data warehousing, and replication
• Familiarity with source control tools like

  Git, GitHub, TFS

• Excellent communication skills with executive-level presence

• AWS Certification (Data Engineer Associate / Database Specialty) preferred

Education:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, IT, or related field