Sr. Cloud Database Engineer
- Minneapolis, MN, United States
From $60 USD / hour
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Job details
- Pay
- From $60 USD / hour
- Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on Oracle DBA experience, including production environments
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Required Skills & Experience
5+ years of hands-on Oracle DBA experience, including production environments Strong Oracle troubleshooting, monitoring, performance tuning, and optimization AWS database experience, ideally AWS RDS or similar managed databases Working knowledge of SQL Server and operational DBA support Strong SQL/query performance tuning and issue diagnosis Experience partnering with developers to improve application/database performance Strong communication skills with the ability to act as a technical advisor Business-minded and comfortable working across technical and leadership teams
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Experience with Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, and MySQL Exposure to vector databases and Amazon Neptune Experience with databases supporting AI/ML and RAG applications Experience supporting AI teams and moving AI/data solutions into production Experience in highly regulated environments Experience with database modernization and future-state architecture
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Database Engineer to support a primarily AWS-based database environment. This person will be responsible for database administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization, with a primary focus on Oracle. The role will work closely with application development and data teams to optimize database performance, support AWS technologies including RDS and Aurora, and provide coverage across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL environments. This individual will also play an important role in knowledge transfer from a highly tenured DBA while supporting ongoing cloud modernization and the adoption of emerging database technologies related to AI.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer, troubleshoot, tune, and optimize Oracle databases
- Support databases across AWS, including RDS and Aurora
- Provide support across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL environments
- Partner with developers on query optimization, application performance, and database design
- Participate in knowledge transfer and documentation of critical database and business processes
- Support cloud modernization and emerging AI-related database technologies