AWS Database Architect - Cleared
On-site · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Job Summary
Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native database solutions in AWS (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB); ensure high availability, performance, and security of enterprise data platforms. Key duties include designing scalable architectures, deploying AWS database services, performing performance tuning and capacity planning, implementing backup and disaster recovery (Multi-AZ, cross-region replication), managing migrations with AWS DMS and SCT, provisioning via Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK Python), enforcing encryption and IAM-based access control, enabling data replication/ETL and data warehousing, and maintaining architecture documentation. Requires active security clearance, 3+ years of database experience, expertise with RDS/Aurora, SQL proficiency, scripting skills, and familiarity with cloud-native security and networking concepts. Enterprise on-site role based in Washington, DC.
Required Qualifications
- Active Security Clearance
- 3+ years of experience in database engineering or database administration
- Strong hands-on experience with Amazon RDS and/or Aurora
- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle)
- Strong SQL skills and understanding of indexing, query execution plans, and performance tuning
- Experience with backup and disaster recovery strategies
- Basic understanding of AWS networking concepts (VPC, subnets, security groups)
- Experience implementing encryption at rest and in transit
- Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools
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