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AWS Cloud DBA

Purple Drive

Job Location:

San Antonio, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 16 May 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 13 August 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Job Summary

Job Title: AWS Cloud DBA

Location: San Antonio TX
Experience: 6 Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud DBA with strong expertise in AWS RDS Aurora PostgreSQL and DynamoDB. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing optimizing monitoring and securing cloud-based database environments across development testing and production systems.

This role requires hands-on experience in database administration performance tuning disaster recovery monitoring automation and cloud-native database operations within AWS environments.

Required Skills

Primary Skills

AWS RDS
Aurora PostgreSQL
DynamoDB

Secondary Skills

Python / Bash scripting
AWS Monitoring Tools:
- CloudWatch
- ELK Logs
- Datadog
CI/CD and DevOps tools:
- GitLab

Technical Expertise

Database administration and cloud database operations
Performance monitoring and optimization
Backup and disaster recovery strategies
IAM role management and security controls
High availability and failover configurations
Database upgrades patching and scaling

Key Responsibilities

Database Administration

Create and manage Aurora PostgreSQL clusters and DynamoDB environments
Perform regular disaster recovery (DR) exercises and validations
Manage database user accounts roles and permissions
Scale database clusters based on workload requirements
Perform database upgrades patching and maintenance activities

Performance Optimization

Monitor database performance metrics including:
- CPU utilization
- Memory consumption
- Disk I/O
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks using:
- CloudWatch
- ELK Logs
- Datadog

Backup & Recovery