Senior AWS Cloud DB Admin - Aurora/RDS/DynamoDB

Cloud Kinetics; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 356,000 - 593,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Kinetics seeks a Sr Database Administrator for its ProServ PoD team. You will operate on AWS cloud databases (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB) in production, optimizing performance, ensuring security, and driving reliability for enterprise workloads.

You will lead migrations with DMS, implement DR strategies, and collaborate with architects and customer teams. The role emphasizes hands-on database operations, incident response, and adherence to AWS best practices within AWS ProServ projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5–8 years of hands-on database administration in enterprise or cloud environments.
• 3+ years administering AWS managed database services (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB) in production.
• Experience with performance monitoring, query optimization, backup/restore, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Experience in professional services or managed services delivery environments is preferred.
• Experience executing database migrations using AWS DMS for homogeneous and heterogeneous migrations.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, and DynamoDB instances in production AWS environments.
• Manage parameter groups, option groups, sizing, storage scaling, Multi-AZ, and read replicas for availability and performance.
• Monitor engine health and metrics with CloudWatch, Performance Insights, and Enhanced Monitoring.
• Handle maintenance windows, upgrades, and patch deployments to minimize downtime.
• Respond to incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement preventative measures.
• Plan and execute homogeneous and heterogeneous migrations using AWS DMS and SCT.
• Validate data integrity and post-migration connectivity; document runbooks and handovers.

Skills

AWS experience

DB administration

SQL proficiency

Migration services

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related

Tools

AWS DMS

SCT

CloudWatch

Performance Insights

RDS/Aurora

DynamoDB

Job description

Cloud Kinetics seeks a Sr Database Administrator for its ProServ PoD team. You will operate on AWS cloud databases (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB) in production, optimizing performance, ensuring security, and driving reliability for enterprise workloads.

You will lead migrations with DMS, implement DR strategies, and collaborate with architects and customer teams. The role emphasizes hands-on database operations, incident response, and adherence to AWS best practices within AWS ProServ projects.