On-Prem to AWS Migration DBA — Cloud Expert

Cloud Kinetics; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Kinetics seeks an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) specialized in migrating on-premises virtual machines to AWS. You will lead architecture, assessment, and execution of migrations for MSSQL/MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle across VMware/Hyper-V/KVM into AWS EC2 and managed DB ecosystems.

The ideal candidate brings deep database engine expertise, AWS networking/storage know-how, and migration tooling (DMS, MGN) to deliver near-zero downtime migrations and robust DR strategies.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of dedicated DBA experience with MSSQL/MySQL/PostgreSQL/OracleDBA & RDS.
• Proven track record migrating on-prem workloads to AWS EC2 and storage.
• Deep expertise in AWS migrations and related tooling.

Responsibilities

• Architect and execute end-to-end migration strategies to move multi-terabyte on-prem databases to AWS with near-zero downtime.
• Assess on-premises workloads to define optimal AWS target architectures.
• Configure hybrid connectivity and secure replication between on‑prem and AWS.
• Execute cutovers using DMS or MGN with rollback plans.
• Right-size EC2 instances and provision EBS storage for target IOPS/throughput.
• Design secure AWS network topologies (VPCs, subnets, SGs, IAM).
• Implement high availability and DR using Multi-AZ and backups.
• Monitor performance, perform post-migration tuning and validation.

Skills

MSSQL

MySQL

PostgreSQL

OracleDBA

AWS Migrations

AWS DMS

AWS MGN

VMware/Hyper-V/KVM

AWS Networking

Tools

AWS DMS

AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)

Amazon EC2

Job description

Cloud Kinetics seeks an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) specialized in migrating on-premises virtual machines to AWS. You will lead architecture, assessment, and execution of migrations for MSSQL/MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle across VMware/Hyper-V/KVM into AWS EC2 and managed DB ecosystems.

The ideal candidate brings deep database engine expertise, AWS networking/storage know-how, and migration tooling (DMS, MGN) to deliver near-zero downtime migrations and robust DR strategies.